Send HTTP requests using cURL

Reading a URL via GET:

curl http://example.com/

Defining any HTTP method (like POST or PUT):

curl http://example.com/users/1 -XPUT

Sending data with a request:

curl http://example.com/users -d"first_name=Bruce&last_name=Wayne"

If you use -d and do not set an HTTP request method it automatically defaults to POST. Performing basic authentication:

curl http://user:password@example.com/users/1

All together now:

curl http://user:password@example.com/users/1 -XPUT -d"screen_name=batman"

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