--- title: Best cURL posts of 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted cURL posts of 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/curl/best-of/2024 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/curl/best-of/2024 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best cURL posts of 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted cURL posts of 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of cURL — 2024 1. 1 [](/posts/curl--v-google-com-2xlvwsxgh "curl -v google.com") Article daniel.haxx.se · 2y curl -v google.com A humorous and insightful video explanation about what happens behind the scenes when using the curl command to access google.com. The author found the video entertaining and decided to share it. 179 11 2. 2 [](/posts/build-your-own-curl---rust-omdinizcs "Build Your Own curl - Rust") Article DEV · 3y Build Your Own curl - Rust This post explains how to build your own curl in Rust. It covers topics such as TCP client-server connections, using the clap library for command line arguments, and creating a socket connection in Rust. 62 3. 3 [](/posts/http-ftp-and-dict--xyjths6x8 "http:, ftp:, and ... dict:?") Article Hacker News · 2y http:, ftp:, and ... dict:? Explores the DICT protocol, an older but still functional internet protocol used for querying dictionary servers. Provides history, examples of usage with curl and telnet, and highlights how it can be used for simple translation tasks. 42 3 4. 4 [](/posts/using-curl-to-create-a-telnet-connection-ulovkgftv "Using Curl to Create a Telnet Connection") Article Nick Janetakis · 2y Using Curl to Create a Telnet Connection Learn how to use curl to create a telnet connection, which can be useful for testing TCP services in environments where telnet or specific CLI tools are unavailable. The guide includes examples of successful connections and troubleshooting failed ones, along with integration scenarios in Kubernetes and Docker Compose setups. An accompanying demo video provides further insights and practical demonstrations. 37 2 5. 5 [](/posts/six-billion-docker-pulls-md5d5zpbv "Six billion docker pulls") Article daniel.haxx.se · 2y Six billion docker pulls The official curl docker image has been pulled over six billion times, with an average of 38 pulls per second since its release in July 2019\. The pull counter was obtained through the Docker API. 13 6. 6 [](/posts/a-twenty-five-years-old-curl-bug-btig2ahum "A twenty-five years old curl bug") Article daniel.haxx.se · 2y A twenty-five years old curl bug A record-setting security flaw in curl, identified as CVE-2024-11053, was introduced nearly 25 years ago. Despite rigorous testing and continuous integration efforts, security vulnerabilities persist in the code. The median age for fixing security issues in curl is over seven years. Many of these problems stem from the use of C, though the oldest bug was a logic error unrelated to the programming language. Ensuring software security remains a challenging and ongoing endeavor. 12 7. 7 [](/posts/curl-source-code-age-buiarpiud "curl source code age") Article daniel.haxx.se · 2y curl source code age The post explores a method to analyze and visualize the age of code in the curl software project. By using a script to iterate over all release tags and running \`git blame\` on source files, the author collects timestamp data that is then visualized using gnuplot. The process evolved through several iterations, refining the visual representation to better reflect the code's age distribution. Notably, more than 50% of the existing curl code was written since 2020, while 0.64% of the code dates back to before the year 2000. 11 8. 8 [](/posts/fine-tune-flux-1-with-an-api-fz3pdbz8f "Fine-tune FLUX.1 with an API") Article Replicate · 2y Fine-tune FLUX.1 with an API Learn how to fine-tune the FLUX.1 image generation model programmatically using Replicate's HTTP API. This guide covers prerequisites, gathering training images, setting API tokens, creating and fine-tuning a model, and generating images via both a web playground and the API. Additional tips on writing better prompts and re-training your model are also provided. 11 9. 9 [](/posts/exploring-curl-a-versatile-command-line-tool-for-http-requests-ymfnbnudv "Exploring cURL: A Versatile Command-Line Tool for HTTP Requests") Article GoPenAI · 3y Exploring cURL: A Versatile Command-Line Tool for HTTP Requests Explore the features, use cases, and best practices of cURL, a versatile command-line tool for making HTTP requests. Learn how to test APIs, transfer files, authenticate, and more. 11 10. 10 [](/posts/curl-php-9bhckmkny "cUrl php") Article PHP Dev · 2y cUrl php A developer is experiencing an issue where their PHP code using cURL successfully returns a 200 HTTP status code when trying to access Amazon's website, but no content is displayed. They are seeking a solution to this problem. 10 5 11. 11 [](/posts/curl-welcomes-wcurl-to-the-team-eljqqfs6q "curl welcomes wcurl to the team") Article daniel.haxx.se · 2y curl welcomes wcurl to the team The curl project has officially welcomed wcurl into its family, making it the third command-line tool under the curl umbrella. Maintained by Samuel Henrique and Sergio Durigan Junior, wcurl aims to grow beyond its initial Debian-focused scope by collaborating within the broader curl community. The project encourages contributions and is hosted on GitHub. 10 12. 12 [](/posts/how-to-get-the-http-status-of-a-site-using-curl-lrjrxqnt1 "How to Get the HTTP Status of a Site Using cURL") Article Community Picks · 2y How to Get the HTTP Status of a Site Using cURL Learn how to use cURL to retrieve the HTTP response status of a site. 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