Linux/Mac Terminal Tutorial: How To Use The cURL Command

In this Linux/Mac terminal tutorial, we will be learning how to use the cURL command. The curl command allows us to query URLs from the command line. Not only can we make regular requests, but we can POST data, authenticate users, save responses to files, and many other useful actions. Let's get started.
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[@user-di4bt7qu2i]

This vid was published 4 years ago and it's still helping people. Thanks Corey.

[@SabinCheruvattil]

100%

[@mrmartymac]

As an application support person without true developer skills, tutorials like this are SO helpful in making me just a little more dangerous. You did a really nice job of simplifying curl and explaining it some anyone could understand it and make basic use of it. Thank you Corey.

[@asldfkhjaslk]

I have used this command multiple times to add gpg keys from repos when installing software like elastic search. I always wanted to know more about it. Great video!

[@dirkjosefiak433]

I really like your videos. great job. straight forward, very helpfull and never boring. keep on your great work

[@EddiKh]

So glad to See that Mr. Schafer has a tutorial on cURL in my search results :)

[@GilFavor101]

hahahaha!!! I downloaded, via curl, my main.cpp file from my Github repo, lol. So cool!!! One of the best KZbin channels out there, thank you : ) Edit: but it came as HTML? Interesting.

[@tlskillman]

Nice. Very clear and concise. Thanks.

[@alexey.k007]

Simple and clear explanation.

[@viBeotamil]

Thanks for the wonderful video Corey

[@sligsm1338]

Corey was very helpful and straight forward. TY! great job..

[@sabitkondakc9147]

Really nice contents, curl -Z or --parallel is another handy command which downloads files in parallel, up to 50 threads by default.

[@yomajo]

Single command, single request, single file, single download. Could you elaborate with an example of curl -Z?

[@ArthurSilva-cv9xt]

Very useful, bro! Thanks a lot!

[@ifereokibe9146]

Really great video....Thanks Corey

[@TheDisneylover71]

Very helpful video, thank you!

[@osaze61]

Many thanks for sharing this knowledge.

[@alexandredamiao1365]

your tutorials are incredible! thank you so much for them!

[@danysamsalmon3878]

Perfect dude. Thanks a lot.

[@sherif_a]

Awesome tutorial!! Not only the content, I like your presentation as well.

[@srb1855]

Excellent video - thanx!👍

[@KhadijahCelestine]

Excellent!

[@model3volution]

Great tutorial!

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Great video!

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That's powerful Thanks

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Very thanks 💓

[@charlibiris]

Very good video!!

[@GlobalYoung7]

Thank you 😊

[@DaveGalligher]

Great job.

[@BrendanMetcalfe]

Thanks!

[@miguelmyers9546]

you sir got yourself a sub

[@SubMrZero]

hey Corey, nice video! you mentioned one can use curl to pass cookies and authenticate users. My question is what is the command to add the cookie part to the URL (any URL, as the auth cookie is always the same in my case) and how do I add different queries to my URL? Thank you in advance!

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Thanks mate

[@user-ot7ek7cr3x]

Thank you.

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very good video

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thank you

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Thanks

[@esrefozdq]

great introduction. Keep up the good work!

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God bless you Corey!

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amazing content :)

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awesome video

[@younesmdarhrialaoui643]

Perfect.

[@IlovegyptForall]

Great Job on this video you explained very professional and in easy steps Thank you so much. Do you have anymore for curl more advance.

[@shahrukhjaved786]

pls upload more videos to linux mac playlist its awesome

[@Chibibowa]

I was wondering if curl was able to merge files. For instance; i have a folder in my computer with files with it. Let’s say the dev makes an update of some files, can curl merge the new files by comparing the local with the remote ones ? In short; can curl update folders without having to replace everything.

[@FLANCKE]

Is there a difference between a) saving to a file with the -o option, and b) just piping curls output to a file using >> ?

[@hakimakbary65]

It looks like this video was produced some years ago but I hope I still can get some feedback :) Do you have any other content which is more detailed? like what you were talking at the end of this video.

[@bikramdas3461]

Thanks ...Informative one....CAn you please make a video on " wget"

[@amrap0309]

Hey corey, When i want to download a pdf from a website with curl the pdf always is corrupt and not viewable. However on other websites it works. What could be the problem here?

[@mizzzile]

The stuff that sticks in the mind!

[@SamOween]

Nice comment, what did you mean by it?

[@icurtispe]

Interesting. Do you have idea how to curl a https with self-signed certificate?

[@osricdh]

Hello Corey, I'm watching this after watching another video on Python requests library and it sounds like they both do the same thing except via using shell vs python. Could you tell me if there are any benefit/ drawback of using one over other?

[@Analton]

Imagine you need to get a hundred pages or parse the output of a bunch of json, it's easier with Python . Now, if you just want to test a site being accesible (think behind a corporate proxy) or to diagnose other issues you would use curl.

[@Zhak7]

This is perfect

[@robind999]

this is a great video, thank you for posting up. one quick question, do I have to setup httpd in order to use curl? I have install curl, when use curl to any port of localhost, I got an error: curl(7) connection refused. no exception here. I guess I missed the httpd/proxy setup, or anything else? thanks again. Robin

[@anlatarak_anliyorum]

Hi, whatever I write on terminal, I see zsh: command not found: curl Could you please help me with what I should do?

[@ShinigamiAnger]

I know I’m late, but I hope someone is gonna read this and help. According to curl man page, -T is used for PUT method. But when I try to use it I get an error of ‘no url provided’, while if I change it to -X PUT it works. Why is that?? Thanks to whoever will (hopefully) reply.

[@gauravgrover2591]

What screen recorder are you using?

[@coreyms]

Gaurav Grover I'm just using QuickTime player that came installed with my Mac

[@Buddmann47]

I am learning to use Python and want to download data from a free source using their API. Originally, I was using a bash script that uses "curl" commands to download the files in csv format. I can use a directory and Python to generate the required bash script, but then I have to execute the script directly in the command line to get my files and cannot figure out how to get Python to execute the curl commands. I hoped to replace the whole Bash process using Python, but can not figure out how to do it. Can someone point me to a video that has a solution?

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Command to skim json file for used id ,msg and review status in xml file

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It's really greay

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I feel like a hacka now

[@ramasudhasiramdasu5869]

Hiii can u send me the server code you ran, so that i would try to execute some curl commands by my own. HOPE YOU WILL SEND, THANK YOU.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

Did he ever send it?

[@guanxin0206]

do you have a github account for your server code?

[@coreyms]

Not yet... I'm in the middle of getting all of my old code examples together and getting them uploaded to GitHub. This is a common request. Going back through my old code and cleaning it up is taking a little longer than expected though. I should have all of that done soon hopefully.

[@mnzn]

You actually pronounce it 'see-url' :)

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hello

[@AnuragBisht]

flask ;)

[@ericneo2]

CURL: cmd not found - this is why people hate linux

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If you are programmer you like linux anyway once you learned linux I bet you only like linux

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hello