I was checking a number of URL endpoints for CORS restrictions today and I wondered if I could check from the command line. Here are some example curl statement that get me the information I’m looking for. I think there is an opportunity for a custom function here but for now, these notes will do.
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Curl Examples Posting Data and Displaying Headers
Curl is a fantastic tool for making web requests from the command line. As a developer, I find this tool particularly useful. Retrieve Content at a URL curl https://salferrarello.com/ Making a HEAD Call Sometimes, we want to see the Header Values returned from a URL using the HEAD. The HTTP HEAD method requests the headers […]
Curl Get Redirect
When creating 301 redirects, I often want to check multiple URLs quickly from the command line (to avoid the manual clicking in the browser and browser caching of results). I’ve written this script to speed up my process.