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cURL

cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Cygwin
  • Haiku
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Data transfer
  3.  Portable
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Shaz Shah
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Co-host at Radio Bros

I can't imagine not using curl for diagnosing issues and for development. I'm by no means a wizard as my experience scrapes the surface. It's versatility and protocol support is nothing to be scoffed at.

Don't know why, but it does make me giggle PowerShell uses curl as an alias for the Invoke-WebRequest command.

Roberto
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Helpdesk Engineer at AT&T

It can be used as a command line tool or as a library for development. It's very handy for all kinds of HTTP API automation.

Ryan Fader
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After reading this, I want you to take a look at the cURL manual. There is so much you can do with this tool it blows my mind.

ab1
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Use command like this to troubleshoot websites with 3XX redirects: curl --silent --verbose --location --output /dev/null --url example.com

ab1
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Wget icon Wget has better defaults for troubleshooting

lunolas
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Efficient, popular with good integration with other libraries

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What is cURL?

cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE. cUrl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

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