HTTP requests with curl in scripts in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to send a GET request to example.com using curl.

Bash Scripting

curl [1] https://example.com

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A-o

B-X GET

C-I

D-d

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d which is for sending data, not for GET requests.

Using -I which fetches headers only.

Using -o which saves output to a file.

The -X GET option tells curl to use the GET method explicitly.

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medium

Complete the code to send a POST request with data 'name=John' using curl.

Bash Scripting

curl -X POST [1] 'name=John' https://example.com/api

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A-d

B-I

C-H

D-o

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -H which is for headers, not data.

Using -I which fetches headers only.

Using -o which saves output to a file.

The -d option sends the specified data in a POST request.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to include a header 'Content-Type: application/json' in the curl request.

Bash Scripting

curl -X POST [1] 'Content-Type: application/json' https://example.com/api

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-I

B-d

C-o

D-H

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d which is for data, not headers.

Using -I which fetches headers only.

Using -o which saves output to a file.

The -H option adds a header to the curl request.

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hard

Fill both blanks to save the output of a GET request to a file named 'response.txt' and show only the HTTP status code.

Bash Scripting

curl [1] https://example.com -o [2]

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A-w '%{http_code}' -s

B-I

Cresponse.txt

D-X POST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -I which fetches headers only, not saving output.

Using -X POST which changes the method incorrectly.

Not specifying the output file name.

The -w '%{http_code}' -s option shows only the HTTP status code silently, and -o response.txt saves the output to the file.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to send a POST request with JSON data '{"user":"admin"}', include the correct header, and save the response to 'result.json'.

Bash Scripting

curl [1] [2] -d '{"user":"admin"}' https://example.com/api -o [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-X POST

B-H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Cresult.json

D-d

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not setting the content type header correctly.

Forgetting to specify the POST method.

Not saving the output to a file.

Use -X POST to specify the POST method, -H 'Content-Type: application/json' to set the header, and -o result.json to save the response.