Run a cURL command in a browser - http

How do i run a cURL command like this
curl -X GET http://www.in.com/
I am using windows 8.
How do i run this inside a browser say using NETWORK tab/or any other tab
I know that there is an option in Network tab to copy as curl command ,but i want to execute it right over there in firefox not in cmd /terminal.
What do i do to modify that command and execute it in the network tab over there only.
Yes , i am not asking for places like http://onlinecurl.com/ which allow you to execute curl commands online
Is it possible ?
I have tried FIrebug in firefox but it according to my research does not have this option.
If yes please tell me how .
Thanx in advance!

Why not just put the URL in the address field for the browser? The browser is going to do a "GET" request on this URL and return the results. This is what curl is doing. If you are trying to do a "PUT" or a "POST" request, then you would need to do something different, but for "GET", it should just work.

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CURL command not working with simple HTTP GET but browser does

I tried to fetch the data from https://m.jetstar.com/Ink.API/api/flightAvailability?LocaleKey=en_AU&ChildPaxCount=0&DepartureDate=2016-03-21T00%3A00%3A00&ModeSaleCode=&Destination=NGO&CurrencyCode=TWD&AdultPaxCount=1&ReturnDate=&InfantPaxCount=0&Origin=TPE
it couldn't be done by curl -vv https://m.jetstar.com/Ink.API/api/flightAvailability?LocaleKey=en_AU&ChildPaxCount=0&DepartureDate=2016-03-21T00%3A00%3A00&ModeSaleCode=&Destination=NGO&CurrencyCode=TWD&AdultPaxCount=1&ReturnDate=&InfantPaxCount=0&Origin=TPE it will return nothing,
However, browser can fetch whole data.
What's wrong with that?
It seems to me that "m.jetstar.com" is filtering requests that don't include the headers that a browser would send. Your curl statement needs to fully emulate a browser to get the data. One way to see what I'm saying is to open developer tools in Google Chrome, select the network tab, run the URL in the browser then goto to the row indicating the call and right click, then copy the request as a curl statement, then paste it to a notepad and you'll see all the additional headers you need. Additionally, that curl statement should work.
check if you have set any HTTP_REQUEST variable for proxy settings. Verify by calling curl command in verbose mode. curl -v
I had setup a variable earlier and when I check the curl output in verbose mode it told me that it was going to proxy address. Once I deleted the HTTP_REQUEST variable from advanced system settings, it started working. Hope it helps.

Not ablle to receive token from OAuth authentication in Apigee tool

I have created AccessTokenClientCredential and RefreshAccessToken in OAuth proxy through Apigee tool.
When I tried to access "https://damuorgn-prod.apigee.net/oauth/client_credential/accesstoken?grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=07VoDotbGhyl3aG8GxjkyXivoTNH9oiQ&client_secret=fb8ZOrAUUSGp3FAv" URL after mentioning client Id and client secret ID, page is empty. It does not displays any error or displays with Token value.
Steps followed to create token from below URL
"http://apigee.com/docs/gateway-services/content/secure-calls-your-api-through-oauth-20-client-credentials".
Please advise.
Regards,
Damodaran
I tried both Test and Prod environment but there was no luck.
I have requested for Curl software installation. Is there any other way to test this URL without Curl software. Your immediate reply is appreciated. Thanks!
Curl https://damuorgn-test.apigee.net/oauth/client_credential/accesstoken?grant_type=client_credentials -X POST -d 'client_id=qnYUqb6j3uGraRAh7JF9d651nUXNwMCC&client_secret=mjHIFMcTDCa3YQ6f'
Could you please check on this link from Curl software ?
It looks like there may be a couple of issues:
When I try your URL, I get a "CLASSIFICATION_FAILURE" error - which means the proxy can't be found. I noticed that you're using "damuorgn-prod.apigee.net" when you might have deployed your proxy to the test environment, and meant to use: "damuorgn-test.apigee.net".
In step 5.2 of the document you referenced, it says to use POST instead of GET. So you might try this:
curl https://damuorgn-test.apigee.net/oauth/client_credential/accesstoken?grant_type=client_credentials -X POST -d 'client_id=07VoDotbGhyl3aG8GxjkyXivoTNH9oiQ&client_secret=fb8ZOrAUUSGp3FAv'
(When I try this, I get an "invalid client id" error, but maybe that client_id is no longer valid?)
Hope that helps,
Scott

Record http form posts via a browser

I'm trying to automate the login to a website and submission of a form.
Is there a browser plugin (for firefox or Chrome) that allows you to record HTTP GET and POST requests in a form that allows them to be played back at a later point? I'm looking for something that will be possible to automate from a script e.g. via curl or wget.
I've tried using the Chrome developer tools to capture POST form data but I get errors when trying to replicate the request with wget which suggests I'm missing some cookies or other parameters. Ideally there would a nice automated way of doing this rather than doing lots of trial and error.
For a simple interaction, you don't really need a tool like Selenium that will record and playback requests.
You only need the tools you've already mentioned:
Chrome already comes with the Developer Tools that you need: use the Network tab. No plugin to download. I don't know if Safari will work -- I don't see a "Network" tab in its Developer Tools.
Both curl and wget support cookies and POST data, but I've only tried curl for automation.
There are several key steps that need to be done properly (this takes some experience):
The sequence of pages that are requested needs to model real user interaction. This is important because you have no idea exactly how the backend handles forms or authentication. This is where the Network tab of Chrome's Developer Tools comes in. (Note that there is "record" button that will prevent the clearing of the log.) When you prepare to log a real user interaction for your analysis, don't forget to clear your cookies at the beginning of each session.
You need to use all the proper options of curl and wget that will ensure that cookies and redirects are properly processed.
All POST form fields will likely need to be sent (you'll often see fields with nonce values to prevent CSRF
Here's a sample of 3 curl calls that I wrote for an automation script that I wrote to download broadband usage from my ISP:
curl \
--silent \
--location \
--user-agent "$USER_AGENT" \
--cookie-jar "$COOKIES_PATH.txt" \
'https://idp.optusnet.com.au/idp/optus/Authn/Service?spEntityID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.optuszoo.com.au%2Fshibboleth&j_principal_type=ISP' >$USAGE_PATH-1.html 2>&1 && sleep 3 &&
# --location because the previous request returns with a series of redirects "302 Moved Temporarily" or "302 Found"
curl \
--silent \
--location \
--user-agent "$USER_AGENT" \
--cookie "$COOKIES_PATH.txt" \
--cookie-jar "$COOKIES_PATH.txt" \
--referer 'https://idp.optusnet.com.au/idp/optus/Authn/Service?spEntityID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.optuszoo.com.au%2Fshibboleth&j_principal_type=ISP' \
--data "spEntityID=https://www.optuszoo.com.au/shibboleth&j_principal_type=ISP&j_username=$OPTUS_USERNAME&j_password=$OPTUS_PASSWORD&j_security_check=true" \
'https://idp.optusnet.com.au/idp/optus/Authn/Service' >$USAGE_PATH-2.html 2>&1 && sleep 1 &&
curl \
--silent \
--location \
--user-agent "$USER_AGENT" \
--cookie "$COOKIES_PATH.txt" \
--cookie-jar "$COOKIES_PATH.txt" \
--referer 'https://www.optuszoo.com.au/' \
'https://www.optuszoo.com.au//r/ffmu' >$USAGE_PATH-3.html 2>/dev/null
Note the careful use of --cookie-jar, --cookie, and --location. The sleeps, --user-agent, and --referer may not be necessary (the backend may not check) but they're simple enough that I include them to minimize the chance of errors.
In this example, I was lucky that there were no dynamic POST fields, e.g. anti-CSRF nonce fields, that I would have had to extract and pass on to a subsequent request. That's because this automation is for authentication. For automating other types of web interactions, after the user's already logged in, you're likely to run into more of these dynamically-generated fields.
Not exactly a browser plugin, but Fiddler can capture all the HTTP data passing back and forth; with FiddlerScript or FiddlerCore, it is then simple to export that into a text file - and pass that into cURL as request headers and request body.
In Firefox, turn on the Persist option in Firebug to be sure to capture the POST. Then install and use the "Bookmark POST" add-on to bookmark the POST request for later use.
Firefox Firebug already has a feature which allows you to copy a web request as a curl request, so you see all the various elements of the request on the command line.
Turn on the Firebug and right click on a request in the Net panel and pick Copy as cURL. Then use it in the curl
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/08/firebug-1-12-new-features/#copyAsCURL
Have you tried Selenium?
There are way too many methods for you to choose.
Use Firefox and selenium IDE. It can record your browser action
User selenium Web Driver. It can simulate different browser action by the script you write in Ruby or Java.
Use a macro plugin for Firefox to simulate absolute clicks and keypresses.
Use a OS level macro application and do the same as 3.
Write a script (such as PHP) to simulate the actual form post or cookie interations.
No.1 is common and easy to use.
No.4 can be powerful but you need time to polish the automation.
No.3 is in the middle of No.4 and No.1.
No.2 can be a tool for environment test and stress test also.
No.5 is seeming the most flexible and resource saving.
Request Maker chrome plugin does that.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/request-maker/kajfghlhfkcocafkcjlajldicbikpgnp?hl=en
The Safari developer tools and Firebug are sufficient for your needs.
Recently I cam across this beautiful chrome extension which does what you ask:
Katalon Recorder
Katalon Recorder will make your test automation work a lot easier.
Record, play, debug with speed control, pause/resume, breakpoints capabilities.
Enjoy fastest execution speed compared to other extensions with Selenium 3 core engine.
Make use of multiple locator types including XPath & CSS.
Use original Selenium IDE commands (Selenese), plus block statement if...elseIf...else...endIf and while...endWhile. Testing file input control is supported.
Import test data from CSV files for data-driven testing.
Report easily with logs, screenshots capturing, with historical data and analytics from Katalon Analytics.
Compose & organize test cases in suites. Never get your work lost with autosave feature.
Import original Selenium IDE (Firefox extension) tests.
Export to Selenium WebDriver scripts in these frameworks: C# (MSTest and NUnit), Java (TestNG and JUnit), Ruby (RSpec), Python (unittest), Groovy (Katalon Studio), Robot Framework, and XML.

How to use http-delete from the shell

Is it possible to send a HTTP DELETE request from the shell and if so, how?
curl -X delete URL
see (google cache, server seems slow) reference.
There are probably a lot of tools to do this, but the easiest, if you don't want to make sure those tools are available, might be to manually create your DELETE-request and send it to the server via telnet. I think the syntax is pretty much like this, although I've never used the delete command manually myself, only get and post.
DELETE /my/path/to/file HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
Connection: close
There should be an extra newline (blank line) after the request to terminate it, but markdown won't allow me to do that. Store that in a file (or paste it in the console, if you don't want to use a script), then simply do
telnet www.example.com 80 < myRequest.txt
Of course, you can use a here-document as well.

How to curl or wget a web page?

I would like to make a nightly cron job that fetches my stackoverflow page and diffs it from the previous day's page, so I can see a change summary of my questions, answers, ranking, etc.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the right set of cookies, etc, to make this work. Any ideas?
Also, when the beta is finished, will my status page be accessible without logging in?
Your status page is available now without logging in (click logout and try it). When the beta-cookie is disabled, there will be nothing between you and your status page.
For wget:
wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: soba=(LookItUpYourself)" https://stackoverflow.com/users/30/myProfile.html
From Mark Harrison
And here's what works...
curl -s --cookie soba=. https://stackoverflow.com/users
And for wget:
wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: soba=(LookItUpYourself)" https://stackoverflow.com/users/30/myProfile.html
Nice idea :)
I presume you've used wget's
--load-cookies (filename)
might help a little but it might be easier to use something like Mechanize (in Perl or python) to mimic a browser more fully to get a good spider.
I couldn't figure out how to get the cookies to work either, but I was able to get to my status page in my browser while I was logged out, so I assume this will work once stackoverflow goes public.
This is an interesting idea, but won't you also pick up diffs of the underlying html code? Do you have a strategy to avoid ending up with a diff of the html and not the actual content?
And here's what works...
curl -s --cookie soba=. http://stackoverflow.com/users

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