https://github.com/anderly/powercurl

A simple curl-like module for PowerShell
https://github.com/anderly/powercurl

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A simple curl-like module for PowerShell

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anderly/powercurl
• Owner: anderly
• Created: 2011-08-21T04:59:20.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-08-22T07:29:18.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-30T11:12:06.442Z (about 1 year ago)
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• Size: 187 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# PowerCurl

A simple curl-like module for PowerShell.

## Why

I've been working with Twilio and a bunch of other rest APIs and wanted an easy way to test them without having to leave Visual Studio. So, I figured why not build a basic curl-like PowerShell module (using the same command-line signature) and deliver it via NuGet so that it can be used via the NuGet Package Manager console.

## Usage

Just like curl: 

	powercurl -X   -u :

	

Thanks to PowerShell, you can also use one of 3 other defined aliases (pcurl, curl, pc):

	pcurl -X   -u :

	

or

	curl -X   -u :

	

or

	pc -X   -u :

## Example using Twilio Rest API

	pcurl -X GET 'https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}.xml' -u {AccountSid}:{AuthToken}

or

	pcurl -X GET 'https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}.json' -u {AccountSid}:{AuthToken}

## Benefits of PowerShell

Using the Twilio example above, you could easily parse this xml using:

	([xml](pcurl -X GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}.xml -u {AccountSid}:{AuthToken})).TwilioResponse.Account

PowerShell Output:

	Sid             : {AccountSid}

	FriendlyName    : {Your Account Name}

	Status          : {active | suspended | closed} 

	DateCreated     : {DateCreated}

	DateUpdated     : {DateUpdated}

	AuthToken       : {AuthToken}

	Type            : {Type}

	Uri             : /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}.xml

	SubresourceUris : SubresourceUris

## Disclaimer

This is by no means a full implementation of all of curl's features. Initially, I plan to support basic HTTP GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. If you want to see more, fork me and feel free to add to it.

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2011 Adam Anderly

## License

MS-PL