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cURL Cheat Sheet

Handy curl flags for HTTP debugging. Generate or convert curl commands with FreeToolMate — conversion stays in your browser.

Basics

curl https://api.example.com/health

curl -X POST https://api.example.com/items \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Ada"}'

Useful flags

• -X — HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, …)
• -H — request header
• -d / --data — request body
• -u user:pass — basic auth
• -i — include response headers
• -v — verbose connection details
• -L — follow redirects
• -o file — write body to a file
• -w — custom output format (timing, status)

Auth examples

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" https://api.example.com/me

curl -u api:secret https://api.example.com/v1/report

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