CURL - Make Http Client Call

curl --user name:password http://www.example.com

curl -H "Authorization: OAuth " http://www.example.com

 curl -H "Authorization: Token xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" https://www.example.com/

GET:

with JSON:
curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://hostname/resource

with XML:
curl -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X GET http://hostname/resource


POST:

For posting data:
curl --data "param1=value1&param2=value2" http://hostname/resource

For file upload:
curl --form "fileupload=@filename.txt" http://hostname/resource

RESTful HTTP Post:
curl -X POST -d @filename http://hostname/resource

For logging into a site (auth):
curl -d "username=admin&password=admin&submit=Login" --dump-header headers http://localhost/Login

curl -L -b headers http://localhost/