Curl

curl is a command line tool to transfer data to or from a server.

Send a request with payload

curl -X POST http://example.com -d '{"data": "value"}'

Escape characters

curl -X POST http://example.com -d '{\"data\": \"value\"}'

Send URL encoded data

curl -X POST http://example.com --data-urlencode 'data=value'

Multi line command

curl -X POST http://example.com \
-d '{\"data\": \"value\"}' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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