CURL

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Myles Braithwaite wrote:

> curl man page[1] is actually really good. But if you don't know basic
> HTTP protocol it is really complicated. Take a look at the HTTP
> Protocol RFC 2616[2] which provides all the information you will ever
> need.
> 
> A good place to learn about cookie's is the Wikipedia page[3].
> 
> Also if you don't like the command line check out hurl[4] and it's source[5].
> 
> I provide a basic guide to interfacing curl with Apache CouchDB in my
> slides from Ontario Linux Fest[6].
> 
> Sorry I couldn't provide anymore information. The HTTP protocol is
> really complex and learning it will require reading a lot of RFCs.

   The HTTP protocol is really not that difficult. I found this page
   which explains it: <http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/>.

   It gave me all the info I needed to write a shell HTTP client:
   <http://cfajohnson.com/shell/scripts/httpClient-sh>


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