![]() Let's just try to categorize them for better understanding Some of the most common examples of an APIs are - Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and so on. API allows two applications to talk to each other and exchange data in a secure manner. And to understand what REST API calls are, we need to get an idea on API.ĪPI is an abbreviated form of “Application Programming Interface”.An API helps with seamless connectivity. o flag is extensively used when a curl response from the server is a script that needs to be saved to a shell file in a local system.Īs our interests lie more on curl driven REST API request to RESTful services, we would limit the protocol to HTTP/HTTPS. o: to save the output/stdout from curl to a file listed after the flag. trace: trace is an ultimate troubleshooting flag it provided every detail on what curl is sending and receiving through the request and response from the server Flag -vv provides the second set of verbose which is way more detailed than -v. v: verbose output which is an extremely useful option especially during troubleshooting/debugging in getting a detailed list of interaction between client and server. #Provides a detail description and flags for the command-line tool curlĬURL provides a wide variety of flags for understanding and troubleshooting network calls to any particular URL. cURL is majorly utilized in doing all sorts of URL manipulations and transferring data while making various network protocols. In a terminal (Linux) or command prompt (windows) it is generally written as “curl”. CURL is a command-line tool and it stands for client URL.
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