curl

Names the program being invoked. The manner in which you invoke the cURL command-line tool depends on how it has been installed in your environment.

-L

Identifies an HTTP Location. If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code), this option will make cURL redo the request at the new location.

-v

Writes verbose output while sending and receiving HTTP messages. This option exposes more details of the HTTP transaction.

-b

Uses cookies stored in the specified file to authenticate the client. In Legacy REST Web Services, cookies are stored in a file named cookies.txt. The customer_cookies.txt file is used for external REST MVC calls, and the agent_cookies.txt file is used for agent-based internal REST MVC calls.

A session identifier must be stored in the file. When cURL logs into the REST Web Services, the cookies.txt instructs it to write the cookies it receives in that file.

-c

This command line option activates the cookie engine that makes cURL record and use cookies. You can also activate cookies by using the -b cookie option. Using –c provides the HTTP cookie file where cURL writes all cookies after a completed operation. cURL writes all cookies previously read from a specified file, as well as all cookies received from remote server(s). If no cookies are identified, no file will be written.

-X

Use the specified HTTP method when communicating with the REST Web Services.

-H

Include the specified Content-Type declaration in the HTTP request header. This describes the nature of the data in the message body of the HTTP request.

-d

Include the following content in the message body of the HTTP request.

URL

The URL of the REST Web Service that is used in the example.