## Options
### Options
```bash
-o <file> # --output: write to file
-u user:pass # --user: Authentication
```
```bash
-v # --verbose
-vv # Even more verbose
-s # --silent
```
```bash
-i # --include: Include the HTTP-header in the output
-I # --head: headers only
```
### Request
```bash
-X POST # --request
-L # follow link if page redirects
```
### Data
```bash
-d 'data' # --data: HTTP post data, URL encoded (eg, status="Hello")
-d @file # --data via file
-G # --get: send -d data via get
```
### Headers
```bash
-A <str> # --user-agent
-b name=val # --cookie
-b FILE # --cookie
-H "X-Foo: y" # --header
--compressed # use deflate/gzip
```
### SSL
```bash
--cacert <file>
--capath <dir>
```
```bash
-E, --cert <cert> # --cert: Client cert file
--cert-type # der/pem/eng
-k, --insecure # for self-signed certs
```
## Examples
```bash
# Post data:
curl -d password=x http://x.com/y
```
```bash
# Auth/data:
curl -u user:pass -d status="Hello" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
```
```bash
# multipart file upload
curl -v -include --form key1=value1 --form upload=@localfilename URL
```