Download files
curl -O https://test.example.com/madplan.json
curl -O -L http://test.example.com/madplan.json # Follows links. In this example the http request will be redirected to https
curl -o test.json https://test.example.com/test.json # Saves the file as test.jsonSend host header
Usefull when the server is hosting multiple domains
curl -H "host: test.example.com" http://172.16.0.150Show host headers
curl -I http://test.example.com
HTTP/2 200
server: openresty
date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:03:58 GMT
content-type: text/html
content-length: 1543
last-modified: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:54:36 GMT
etag: "64df4dec-607"
accept-ranges: bytesForce dns resolution
This can be really usefull when testing configuration before making any changes to DNS.
curl https://test.example.com --resolve test.example.com:443:172.16.0.150