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curl + REST API
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curl_bash.md

curl testing a REST API

# HEAD request: -I 
$ curl -I  http://0.0.0.0:3000/posts

# -i (--include) protocol headers and -X (--request) for GET, PUT, DELETE
$ curl -i -X HEAD http://0.0.0.0:3000/posts

# prettify JSON results with python -mjson.tool 
$ curl ... | python -mjson.tool
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