lwp-request

Simple command-line HTTP client.

Built with libwww-perl.

• Make a simple GET request:

lwp-request -m GET {http://example.com/some/path}

• Upload a file with a POST request:

lwp-request -m POST {http://example.com/some/path} < {path/to/file}

• Make a request with a custom user agent:

lwp-request -H 'User-Agent: {user_agent} -m {METHOD} {http://example.com/some/path}

• Make a request with HTTP authentication:

lwp-request -C {username}:{password} -m {METHOD} {http://example.com/some/path}

• Make a request and print request headers:

lwp-request -U -m {METHOD} {http://example.com/some/path}

• Make a request and print response headers and status chain:

lwp-request -E -m {METHOD} {http://example.com/some/path}

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