Exercise: Looking at Real HTTP Response Messages
cURL is an important command for testing as a front-end engineer. Let's learn about it in this lesson.
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cURL
Run the following command to look at a real HTTP response.
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curl http://example.org --head -silent
cURL (pronounced ‘curl’) is a command-line tool that transfers data to or from a server. The transfer can be based on a vast set of protocols. cURL stands for “Client URL,” and is an important tool to know as a front-end engineer for testing purposes. You can read more about cURL on its man page.
Explanation
Let’s learn about cURL’s components.
curl
is the name of the program that tells the terminal that this is a curl command.- The
--head
flag, or-I
in short, tells cURL to send an HTTP request with thehead
method. In other words, instead of fetching