cURL

Basic Commands:

cURL Help Menu

curl -h

Basic GET Request

curl inlanefreight.com

Download File

curl -s -O inlanefreight.com/index.html

Skip HTTPS (SSL)

curl -k https://inlanefreight.com

Print full HTTP Request/Response

curl inlanefreight.com -v

Send HEAD Request (only response headers)

curl -I https://www.inlanefreight.com

Print Response Headers and Body

curl -i https://www.inlanefreight.com

Set User-Agent Header

curl https://www.inlanefreight.com -A 'Mozilla/5.0'

Set HTTP Basic Authorisation Credentials

curl -u admin:admin https://:/

Pass HTTP Basic Authorisation Credentials in URL

curl http://admin:admin@:/

Set Request Header

curl -H 'Authorisation: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' http://:/

Pass GET Parameters

curl 'http://:/search.php?search=le'

Send POST Request with POST Data

curl -X POST -d 'username=admin&password=admin' http://:/

Set Request Cookies

curl -b 'PHPSESSID=clnsa6op7vtk7kdis7bcnbadf1' http://:/

Send POST Request with JSON Data

curl -X POST -d '{"search":"london"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://:/search.php

API Commands

Read Entry

curl http://:/api.php/city/london

Read All Entries

curl -s http://:/api.php/city/ | jq

Create (Add) Entry

curl -X POST http://:/api.php/city/ -d '{"city_name":"HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Update (Modify) Entry

curl -X PUT http://:/api.php/city/london -d '{"city_name":"New_HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Delete Entry

curl -X DELETE http://:/api.php/city/New_HTB_City