Send HTTP requests using cURL Rumi, June 6, 2014 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" Scripts BashCurl