NOTE: Examples of bad option names

cURL is hobbled by not only a bad name, but bad UI design. In particular, some of the options have particularly bad names. For example

• --include to output full headers.
• --request to change the request method (GET, DELETE, etc.).

FAQ: How to suppress output?

That is, how to activate cURL's "quiet" or "silent" mode.

Use -s the or --silent option.

HOWTO: Issue DELETE or PUT requests.

Use the --request or -X option:

$ curl --request DELETE http://example.com/user/clem

HOWTO: POST JSON

$ echo '{"message":"Hello, World!"}' | curl --include -X POST -d @- http://localhost/foo.php

TIP: Some example requests

curl -s -v -i -H 'If-Modified-Since: eyJzaW5jZV9pZCI6IjcyODI5OTM5NTgifQ==' -X GET http://beebo.local:8080/twitter/mjs@beebo.org