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# Simple curl bash wrapper

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**This is a very simple wrapper for curl that I use with VSCode (code-server) to make HTTP requests - like Postman but super simple.**

VSCode is not required to run this script, I use it as a GUI.

# Files
This script uses separate files for various request options. Create these files in the same directory as `curl.sh`.

## `params.txt`
URL search parameters. (Leading "?" is optional)
```
foo=bar&hello=world
```

## `payload.json`
JSON request body that will be sent with all requests (except `GET`).
```json
{
    "request_body_parameter": "request_body_value"
}
```

## `headers.json`
Key-value JSON object of optional request headers.
```json
{
    "X-Header-Name": "Header value"
}
```

## `disable_peer_validation`
Optional empty file that when present will disable SSL peer validation - for self-signed certificates etc.

# Make a request
Run the `curl.sh` file from your shell and pass it two parametes for URL and request method.

```sh
./curl.sh https://example.com GET
```

The response body will be printed to stdout.

*Example*
```
vlw@example:/curl$ ./curl.sh https://example.com GET
GET https://example.com?foo=bar

"This is an example response body in plaintext"
vlw@example:/curl$
```