`curl`

6 commands

Download a file
```
curl -fLO https://example.com/file.tar.gz
```
Saves the file in the current directory under its name from the URL, following redirects and failing on HTTP errors.
- http
- download
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Fetch a URL
```
curl https://example.com
```
Sends a GET request and prints the response body to the terminal.
- http
- network
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Print only the HTTP status code
```
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://example.com
```
Requests the URL and prints just the HTTP status code it returns, discarding the body.
- http
- troubleshooting
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Send a JSON POST request
```
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d 'json' https://example.com/api
```
Sends the JSON body in a POST request with the matching Content-Type header.
- http
- api
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Send a POST request with form data
```
curl -d 'name=bob' https://example.com/form
```
Posts URL-encoded form fields to the URL, as an HTML form would.
- http
- api
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Show response headers, following redirects
```
curl -sSL -D - -o /dev/null https://example.com
```
Follows redirects and prints the response headers of each hop while discarding the body.
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