Curl
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Topic Curl
Tutorial
cURL basic auth: -u, headers and proxy authentication
How to send a username and password with curl: -u for the site, -U for a proxy, Digest, keeping passwords out of history, and which login a proxy can read.
October 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Tutorial
cURL GET request: query strings, headers and output
How to send a GET request with curl: parameters in the URL, -G with --data-urlencode, --url-query, headers, checking what went out, and the shell traps.
October 11, 2026 · 9 min read
Tutorial
cURL timeout: connect-timeout, max-time and proxy timeouts
How to set a timeout in curl with --connect-timeout, --max-time and --speed-limit, what exit code 28 means, and what we measured with no timeout and through a dead proxy.
October 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Tutorial
cURL to Python: convert a curl command to requests and httpx
How to convert a curl command to Python requests or httpx, option by option, and the defaults that change on the way. Every command run on 11 October 2026.
October 11, 2026 · 10 min read
Tutorial
cURL user agent: set, change and rotate the User-Agent header
How to see and set curl's User-Agent with -A, -H or a config file, remove it, quote a variable, and what a new string changes on 100 top sites and through a proxy.
October 11, 2026 · 9 min read
Tutorial
cURL vs Wget: the differences and which to use with a proxy
curl and Wget compared by test: output, redirects, broken downloads, retries, copying a site, speed, uploads, and which proxies each one can use.
October 11, 2026 · 11 min read
Tutorial
cURL download file: save files, resume downloads and use a proxy
How to download a file with curl: -o and -O, server file names, folders, redirect and error pages, resuming, retries, checking the file and proxies, all tested.
October 10, 2026 · 14 min read
Tutorial
cURL follow redirects: -L, limits and redirects through a proxy
How to make curl follow redirects with -L, see where a redirect goes, set a limit, keep a POST a POST, protect logins and cookies, and redirect through a proxy.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Tutorial
cURL headers: send, show and debug HTTP headers
How to send, replace, remove and read HTTP headers with curl: -H, -I, -i, -D, -w and -v, headers meant for a proxy, and which headers survive a redirect.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Tutorial
cURL ignore SSL: when -k is safe and how to fix the certificate instead
How to make curl ignore SSL errors with -k, what each certificate error means, and the fixes that keep the check on: --cacert, pinning, proxies and Windows.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Tutorial
cURL POST request: form data, JSON and file uploads
How to send a POST with curl: form fields with -d, JSON with --json, uploads with -F, the @ and & traps, JSON quoting on Windows, and POSTs through a proxy.
October 10, 2026 · 9 min read
Tutorial
What is cURL? The curl command, its options and how proxies fit in
What curl is, how the curl command works, which options matter, how to tell whether a command worked and how proxies fit in, with every command run on 10 October 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 18 min read
Guide
How to Use Proxies With cURL: Flags, Gotchas and Copy-Paste Recipes
Every way to route curl through a proxy: -x syntax, SOCKS5 against socks5h, proxy auth, environment rules, and what a stub proxy recorded for each of them.
July 2, 2026 · 11 min read
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