AI engineering glossary · Command line Git
What is curl?
curl: A command-line tool that sends requests to URLs using HTTP and other protocols and prints or saves the response. Developers use it to test APIs, download files and check headers without writing a program.
curl: an example
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' https://api.example.com/v1/models fetches a JSON list from an API.
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Where you learn it
curl is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.