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Bash URL Transfer (curl)

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Summary

The curl command sends and receives data from URLs through various protocols, especially HTTP. It can download files with -o, display header with -I, and send JSON data to the API. Because of its flexibility, curl became the standard tool for testing web endpoints from terminals.

Key points

Curl URLs take the content and print it
o name saved the results to the file
I'm just showing the response header.
L follows the diversion and -X determines the method

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