Curl: is a command line application that can send HTTP requests
--verbose code: Show hidden information sent from the server
OPTIONS: give all commands supported by HTTP
Status 422: Unprocessable Entity
Status 201: Created, a success code for new resources
POST: is used to add something to a resource
PUT: is used to place a resource somewhere, whether it exists already or not
PATCH: To change only a few things
HTTP methods: OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE
HTTP status codes: 200 OK, 201 Created, 204 No Content, 400 Bad Request,
401 Unauthorized, 404 Not Found, 405 Method Not Allowed, 410 Gone, and 422
Unprocessable Entity
HTTP headers: Accept and Content-Type, Accept-Encoding and
Content-Encoding, and Authorization
How to use Curl to make requests, set headers, and send data to a server
HTTP is a standard protocol, not all serversuse the same methods or status codes. For example, OPTIONS and PATCH areoften not used, and 400 Bad Request is often used instead of other 4xx errors.
rijkvanzanten
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6 years ago
Useful tutorial!
API: is a server that returns data
Curl: is a command line application that can send HTTP requests
--verbose code: Show hidden information sent from the server
OPTIONS: give all commands supported by HTTP
Status 422: Unprocessable Entity
Status 201: Created, a success code for new resources
POST: is used to add something to a resource
PUT: is used to place a resource somewhere, whether it exists already or not
PATCH: To change only a few things
HTTP methods: OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE
HTTP status codes: 200 OK, 201 Created, 204 No Content, 400 Bad Request, 401 Unauthorized, 404 Not Found, 405 Method Not Allowed, 410 Gone, and 422 Unprocessable Entity
HTTP headers: Accept and Content-Type, Accept-Encoding and Content-Encoding, and Authorization
How to use Curl to make requests, set headers, and send data to a server
HTTP is a standard protocol, not all serversuse the same methods or status codes. For example, OPTIONS and PATCH areoften not used, and 400 Bad Request is often used instead of other 4xx errors.