cUrl cheatsheet

cUrl Cheatsheet

# Read entry
curl http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london

# Read all entries - add the "-s" flag to reduce cluttering the response with unnecessary data
curl -s http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ | jq

# Create (add) entry
curl -X POST http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ -d '{"city_name":"HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

# Update (modify) entry
curl -X PUT http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london -d '{"city_name":"New_HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

# Delete entry
curl -X DELETE http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/New_HTB_City

# Set custom headers for API requests
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london

# Use a specific HTTP method with custom headers
curl -X PATCH http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london -H "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"city_name":"Updated_City"}'

# Perform an API request with error handling and verbose mode
curl -v --fail-http http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london || echo "Request failed"

# Download a file from the API
curl -o output_file.txt http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/file.txt

Command	Info
curl site.com	cURL (client URL) is a command-line tool and library that primarily supports HTTP along with many other protocols. This makes it a good candidate for scripts as well as automation, making it essential for sending various types of web requests from the command line, which is necessary for many types of web penetration tests.
	-O will download the index.html page
curl -o filename site.com/path	-o with the -o option we can specify a filename
curl -h	display th help message
curl --help all	display the full help page
curl -k https://inlanefreight.com	-k allows you to skip the SSL veriifcation if you are testing a local webapp that does not yt contain a valid SSL cert
curl site.com -vvv	use -v verbose mode to show the http request and response headers
curl -I site.com curl -i site.com	-I sends a HEAD request, while -i sends any request we specify and prints the headers as well. Head is very powerfull and allows us to request the metadata of a resoures like availability size, links without downloading it.
curl -i https://inlanefreight.com -A 'Jiji' -vvv	-A modifies the user agent to a custom value

cUrl fo API

Command	Description
curl http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london	Read entry
curl -s http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ | jq	Read all entries
curl -X POST http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ -d '{"city_name":"HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'	Create (add) entry
curl -X PUT http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london -d '{"city_name":"New_HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'	Update (modify) entry
curl -X DELETE http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/New_HTB_City	Delete entry