# cURL | | **cURL** is a computer software project providing a library (libcurl) and command-line tool (curl) for transferring data using various network protocols. The name stands for "Client for URL". | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [CURL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL) | | | url:: [cURL](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html) | [[wget]] - `curl http://google.com` - POST - `curl --data "username=Jon&password=secret" http://localhost:3000` - `-vvv` - highest verbosity level - -X HTTPmethod - e.g. curl -X PUT --data "username=newname" http://localhost:3000