In this example (which uses and isn’t live), you’d write a new coffee shop to a place API.
We’ll be calling the Open Notify API to get the number of astronauts currently outside our atmosphere (likely on the International Space Station).Īfter a short time to make the connection, you should receive a result like this: It may seem like hyperbole, but your first curl request is going to space. Try the example curl command again with the -h (the help option) to make sure you’re good to go. Make double sure you choose a binary option, because getting the source would require you to compile curl on your own system-that’s way more complicated than most people need. You’ll need to download a binary for your operating system. That’s one of the things that makes it seem difficult. Almost every letter of the alphabet, capital and lowercase, are mapped to commands in curl. On success, you’ll see a long list of command options.
A quick way to check is to open a command line prompt (also called your Terminal):
Run curl command mac windows 10#
Windows 10 and others may also already have curl, depending on how your computer setup. You’ll find curl pre-installed on modern Mac OS. That’s the same way that web browsers exchange data. It works with a bunch of data transfer protocols, but for APIs you’ll usually see it use HTTPS and HTTP. One of the reasons that curl is intimidating is because it can be used a lot of different ways. Knowing the basics of curl will help you interact with APIs. REST assured (that’s an API joke), it’s not as bad as it looks. For the uninitiated, these may look unfriendly and confusing. As you explore API documentation, you can’t help but bump into curl examples.
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