cURL Generator

Built a curl command with 11 argument(s).

How it works

• Selected the method with -X and single-quote escaped the URL.
• Appended -L, -k and --compressed only when the matching options were enabled.
• Converted each header line to a -H argument with its name and trimmed value.
• Added --data-raw with the body when a body was supplied.

• Everything is single-quote escaped, so characters such as $, ` and " stay literal inside the shell.
• The tool only builds the command text; it does not run curl or make any network request.

Methodology

1. Start the argument list with curl, -X and the upper-cased method.
2. Single-quote escape the absolute URL and append the -L, -k and --compressed flags when enabled.
3. Parse the header block into `Name: value` lines, trim the value and append each as a -H argument.
4. Append --data-raw with the body when the body is non-empty.
5. Join the arguments with spaces to form the final command.

Usage

1. Choose the HTTP method and enter an absolute http(s) URL.
2. Add one header per line as `Name: value`.
3. Optionally add a body and toggle the redirect, insecure and compression flags.
4. Copy the generated command and paste it into a POSIX shell.

Examples

These are examples, not current values: they use fixed inputs, while the interactive tool computes live results in your browser.

POST JSON with a header

{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api.example.com/items",
  "headers": "Content-Type: application/json\nAuthorization: Bearer token",
  "body": "{\"name\":\"widget\"}",
  "followRedirects": true,
  "insecure": false,
  "compressed": false
}

Simple GET

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://example.com/search?q=hello world",
  "headers": "",
  "body": "",
  "followRedirects": false,
  "insecure": false,
  "compressed": true
}

Limitations

Shell safety

An unquoted URL or header value containing a space, a semicolon or a dollar sign can be re-interpreted by the shell. The generator single-quote escapes every dynamic value, which makes the command inert: the shell passes the literal bytes to curl. Review a command you did not build before running it, especially when it carries an Authorization header.

What is not generated

The tool does not generate multipart uploads, client certificates, cookies from a jar, or authentication handshakes that need a prior request. Those flows are explicit state, and hiding them inside a one-line generator would be misleading.