kurl

is a curl wrapper to simplify some of the most common usage of curl for API requests

curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, Telnet and TFTP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Usage examples

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence. George Washington

--data-json

kurl \
--include \
--headers "Accept: application/json" \
--headers "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data-json number1:123 \
--data-json "number2:123" \
--data-json "string1:'123'" \
--data-json string2:\"123\" \
--data-json "boolean1:true" \
--data-json string3:\"true\" \
--data-json "string4:qwe" \
--data-json string5:\"qwe\" \
--data-json "string6:'qwe'" \
--url https://com.com/test

is equivalent to

POST https://com.com/test
> Accept: application/json
> Content-Type: application/json
{
  "number1": 123,
  "number2": 123,
  "string1": "123",
  "string2": "123",
  "boolean1": true,
  "string3": "true",
  "string4": "qwe",
  "string5": "qwe",
  "string6": "qwe"
}

--query

kurl \
--include \
--headers "Accept: application/json" \
--request GET \
--query "name=Andrei" \
--query "likes=['apples', 'pie']" \
--url https://com.com/test

is equivalent to

GET https://com.com/test?name=Andrei&likes=%5b'apples',%2520'pies'%5d
> Accept: application/json