Curl

Question 1

What is curl?

Answer 1

curl is an open source command line tool for exchanging data with a server.

Question 2

What is the basic syntax of a curl command?

Answer 2

The basic syntax of a curl command is command -> options -> url

Question 3

What does the options part of the curl command do?

Answer 3

The options part of the curl command can also be referred to as flags, they enable you to customise the behaviour of the command.

Question 4

What is the -X flag?

Answer 4

The -X flag is an alias for –request.

Question 5

What is the -H flag?

Answer 5

The -H flag is an alias for –header.

Question 6

What is the -d flag?

Answer 6

The -d flag is an alias for –data.

Question 7

What does the -i flag do?

Answer 7

It provides a detailed response with HTTP headers.

Question 8

What do you need to remember when using flags?

Answer 8

Don’t leave any spaces after the colons when writing curl commands.

Question 9

What protocols does curl support?

Answer 9

Curl supports about 28 different protocols:
- DICT
- FILE
- FTP
- FTPS
- GOPHER
- GOPHERS
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- IMAP
- IMAPS
- LDAP
- LDAPS
- MQTT
- POP3
- POP3S
- RTMP
- RTSP
- SCP
- SFTP
- SMB
- SMBS
- SMTP
- SMTPS
- TELNET
- TFTP
- WS
- WSS