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Curl Cheat Sheet: by Seth Kenlon

This document is a cheat sheet for using the curl command line tool to transfer data and interact with servers. It provides examples of using curl to fetch HTTP headers, list directory contents, redirect queries, check for site availability, download files from single or multiple domains including partial or sequential downloads, query and send data to APIs, and specify request methods and headers.

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Curl Cheat Sheet: by Seth Kenlon

This document is a cheat sheet for using the curl command line tool to transfer data and interact with servers. It provides examples of using curl to fetch HTTP headers, list directory contents, redirect queries, check for site availability, download files from single or multiple domains including partial or sequential downloads, query and send data to APIs, and specify request methods and headers.

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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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Curl Cheat Sheet BY SETH KENLON

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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