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Curl Command: Send Request With Extra Header
An engineer would use this curl command to send a GET request to a secure endpoint while bypassing SSL verification and including a specific authorization token in the header, often for testing API functionalities in a development environment. Exact CLI syntax to send request with extra header using Curl.
When to use this: An engineer would use this curl command to send a GET request to a secure endpoint while bypassing SSL verification and including a specific authorization token in the header, often for testing API functionalities in a development environment.
Command Syntax
curl [-k|--insecure] [-x|--proxy] http://127.0.0.1:8080 [-H|--header] '{Authorization: Bearer token}' [-X|--request] GET https://example.comcurl [-k|--insecure] [-x|--proxy] http://127.0.0.1:8080 [-H|--header] "`{Authorization: Bearer token`}" [-X|--request] GET https://example.comCommand Breakdown
curl is the base executable for this command.
FAQ
Purpose: Exact syntax to send request with extra header using Curl.
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