curl -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X GET "http://hostname/resource"
curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET "http://hostname/resource"
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -X PUT -d '{"updated_field1":"updated_value1"}' "http://hostname/resourcex"
- JSON POST uploading a file
curl -i -H 'Accept: application/json' -X POST -F "filename=@/file/path" -F "other_field=its_value" "http://hostname/resource"
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -X DELETE -d '{"key1":"value1"}' "http://hostname/resource"
curl -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data 'key1=value1&key2=value2' url
- "Debugging mode" (without actual content output)
curl -XGET -vvv http://hostname/resource > dev\null
curl -A "some-user-agent" http://hostname/resource
Useful arguments
-k
: don't check SSL certificates-L
: follow redirects-v
: get verbose output-V
: get headers at output