
## cURL What is it?

cURL describes itself as:

> command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs

cURL is a multipurpose networking tool which has lots of useful usecases.

## cheat sheet

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<th><strong>Command</strong></th>
<th><strong>Description</strong></th>
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<td><code>curl http://lwlx.xyz</code></td>
<td>GET request with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl http://lwlx.xyz -v</code></td>
<td>Verbose GET request with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl http://admin:password@lwlx.xyz/ -vvv</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> Basic Auth login</td>
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<td><code>curl -u admin:password http://lwlx.xyz/ -vvv</code></td>
<td>Alternate <code>cURL</code> Basic Auth login</td>
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<td><code>curl -u admin:password -L http://lwlx.xyz/</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> Basic Auth login, follow redirection</td>
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<td><code>curl -u admin:password 'http://lwlx.xyz/search.php?port_code=us'</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> GET request with parameter</td>
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<td><code>curl -d 'username=user&amp;password=pass' -L http://lwlx.xyz/login.php</code></td>
<td>POST request with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl -d 'username=user&amp;password=pass' -L http://lwlx.xyz/login.php -v</code></td>
<td>Debugging with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl -d 'username=user&amp;password=pass' -L --cookie-jar /dev/null http://lwlx.xyz/login.php -v</code></td>
<td>Cookie usage with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl -d 'username=user&amp;password=pass' -L --cookie-jar cookies.txt http://lwlx.xyz/login.php</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> with cookie file</td>
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<td><code>curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ "username" : "user", "password" : "pass" }'</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> specify content type</td>
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<td><code>curl -X OPTIONS http://lwlx.xyz/ -vv</code></td>
<td><code>cURL</code> OPTIONS request</td>
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<td><code>curl -X PUT -d @test.txt http://lwlx.xyz/test.txt -vv</code></td>
<td>File upload with <code>cURL</code></td>
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<td><code>curl -X DELETE http://lwlx.xyz/test.txt -vv</code></td>
<td>DELETE method with <code>cURL</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


Command	Description
`curl http://lwlx.xyz`	GET request with `cURL`
`curl http://lwlx.xyz -v`	Verbose GET request with `cURL`
`curl http://admin:password@lwlx.xyz/ -vvv`	`cURL` Basic Auth login
`curl -u admin:password http://lwlx.xyz/ -vvv`	Alternate `cURL` Basic Auth login
`curl -u admin:password -L http://lwlx.xyz/`	`cURL` Basic Auth login, follow redirection
`curl -u admin:password 'http://lwlx.xyz/search.php?port_code=us'`	`cURL` GET request with parameter
`curl -d 'username=user&password=pass' -L http://lwlx.xyz/login.php`	POST request with `cURL`
`curl -d 'username=user&password=pass' -L http://lwlx.xyz/login.php -v`	Debugging with `cURL`
`curl -d 'username=user&password=pass' -L --cookie-jar /dev/null http://lwlx.xyz/login.php -v`	Cookie usage with `cURL`
`curl -d 'username=user&password=pass' -L --cookie-jar cookies.txt http://lwlx.xyz/login.php`	`cURL` with cookie file
`curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ "username" : "user", "password" : "pass" }'`	`cURL` specify content type
`curl -X OPTIONS http://lwlx.xyz/ -vv`	`cURL` OPTIONS request
`curl -X PUT -d @test.txt http://lwlx.xyz/test.txt -vv`	File upload with `cURL`
`curl -X DELETE http://lwlx.xyz/test.txt -vv`	DELETE method with `cURL`

the cURL cheat sheet

cURL What is it?

cheat sheet