Commonly used cURL flags

curl_flags.txt

-o, --output      write to file instead of stdout
-s, --silent      silent mode, no progress meter or error messages on stdout
-S, --show-error  still print error messages in silent mode
-i, --include     include the response header in the output
-I, --head        output response header only
-O, --remote-name give output file the same name as the remote file

-A, --user-agent  user agent string, use single quotes
-e, --referer     send given URL as referer
-u, --user        send given <username>:<password> when making the request
-H, --header      send extra header fields in request, format "Header-Name: value"

-b, --cookie      send cookie, format "NAME1=VALUE1; NAME2=VALUE2; ...", also can specify filename to use
-c, --cookie-jar  file to write stored cookies to, also can use - for stdout

-d, --data        send text data in a POST request, use @file for a filename or - for stdin
--data-binary     send binary data instead of text
-G, --get         send data using GET request instead of POST
-F, --form        send form data using POST, format "NAME1=VALUE1; NAME2=VALUE2; ...", can use @file for file 
                  upload or <file to upload file contents, - for stdin, "type=sometype" to specify content 
                  type, "filename=somename" to change the name of the uploaded file in POST
-T, --upload-file upload file with PUT request, use - for stdin
-X, --request     use custom request method (GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, ...)

--connect-timeout timeout when attempting to connect in seconds
-m, --max-time    timeout for entire operation in seconds

-L, --location    follow location (code 3XX) redirects