| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-O/-o |
Save result to file (provide filename with -o) |
-s |
Mute |
-sS |
Mute (but show errors) |
-L |
Follow redirections |
-i/-I |
Show response header (only the header with -I) |
-H |
Send HTTP header |
-X |
Request type (e.g.: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, …) |
-d |
Send data to the server. If the data starts with @ the rest should be a filename to read the data from |
-c/-b |
Respectively writes/reads cookies to/from specified file |
POST a JSON file
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @file.json https://example.comSubimit a login form, store the cookie and use it for next request
curl -X POST -d "login=user&pass=secret" -c cookie.txt https://example.com/login
curl -b cookie.txt https://example.com/profile