Build HTTP request

Build an HTTP request preview with method, URL, headers, authentication, and body.

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How it works

Method, URL, query, headers, cookies, authentication, and body are serialized into a request preview or curl command. Header names remain case-insensitive and body encoding follows the selected content type.

  • GET is a safe inspection default.
  • HTTPS is the common secure scheme.

Worked example

POST Request as cURL
Build a POST request with JSON body and auth header in cURL format
Input
											URL: https://api.example.com/users
Method: POST
Headers: {"Content-Type":"application/json","Authorization":"Bearer token123"}
Body: {"name":"Alice"}
Query params: 
Format: curl
Output
												curl \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer token123' \
  -d '{"name":"Alice"}' \
  'https://api.example.com/users'

When to use this

API debugging, support tickets, and integration-test setup build HTTP requests.

Edge cases

  • GET bodies are not portable.
  • JSON needs a matching Content-Type.
  • Copied Authorization headers can leak through shell history.

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