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Curl Cheat Sheet BY SETH KENLON

Curl is is a tool to transfer data to and from a server, supporting protocols


including HTTP, FTP, IMAP, LDAP, POP3, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMTP, and more.

Web browsing

Fetch HTTP headers curl --head "https://example.com"

List contents of a directory


curl --list-only "https://example.com/foo/"

Redirect query as specified by a 3xx response


curl --location "https://iana.org"

Fail quickly curl --fail-early "http://opensource.ga"

Check whether a site is down


curl --head --show-error "http://example.com"

Expand a shortened URL curl --head --location "https://bit.ly/2yDyS4T"

Downloading files

Download a file, saving the file without changing its name


curl --remote-name "https://example.com/linux-distro.iso"

Rename the file curl --remote-name "http://example.com/index.html" --output foo.html

Continue a partial download


curl --remote-name --continue-at - "https://example.com/linux-distro.iso"

Download a file from multiple domains


curl "https://www.{example,w3,iana}.org/index.html" --output "file_#1.html"

Download a sequence of files (outputs foo_file1.webp, foo_file2.webp...bar_file1_webp, etc)


curl "https://{foo,bar}.com/file_[1-4].webp" --output "#1_#2.webp"

Download a sequence of files (outputs foo_file1.webp, foo_file2.webp...bar_file1_webp, etc)


curl "https://{foo,bar}.com/file_[1-4].webp" --output "#1_#2.webp"

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Downloading files (continued)

Download all PNG files from a site (uses GNU grep)


curl https://example.com | grep --only-matching 'src="[^"]*.[png]"' | \
cut -d\" -f2 | \
while read i; do curl https://example.com/"${i}" -o "${i##*/}"; done

API interaction

Query an API endpoint


curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects"

Send raw data to an API endpoint


curl --data "Some data" "https://example.com/api/v4/endpoint"

Send form data (emulates a form and Submit button)


curl --form "username=seth" --form "password=12345678" \
"https://example.com/api/v4/endpoint"

Send a file as form data (uses the @ syntax)


curl --form "[email protected]" "https://example.com/foo/bar"

Send contents of a file as form data (uses the < syntax)


curl --form "description=<file.md" "https://example.com/foo/bar"

Send HTTP header data (for example, an authorization token)


curl --header "Authorization: Bearer F66eD5ffXHp2Y" \
"https://example.com/api/v4/endpoint"

Specify HTTP Method


curl --request POST --data "Foo: bar" "https://example.com/api/endpoint"

Make an API call to a service


curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: your_access_token_here" \
--data "?per_page=10" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces"

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