Good to know cURL options
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Download to file using filename from URL:
-O
|--remote-name
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Silent:
-s
|--silent
. Don't show the progress bar. -
Follow redirects:
-L
|--location
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Retries:
--retry <n>
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Fail silently on HTTP errors / bad status codes:
-f
|--fail
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Include response headers in output:
-i
|--include
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Username/password:
-u username:pass
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Client certs:
--cert cert-w-key.pem:password
or--cert cert.crt --key key.key
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Allow insecure TLS connections (i.e. untrusted certs):
-k
|--insecure
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STDIN as body:
-d@-
. E.g.cat f.json | curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- http://api
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json (curl >= 7.82):
jo name=christian tool=curl | curl --json @- http://api | jq
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Override dns resolve:
curl https://domain.example --connect-to domain.example:443:203.0.113.81:443