Curl is an awesome tool. I keep forgetting the switches though, so here's a cheatsheet. Simple GET request curl -k "https://localhost/foo?bar=baz&abc=def"JSON POST or PUT request curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"accountName":"test","value":"hello"}' https://localhost/foocurl -X "PUT"... for a PUT POST a file curl ... --data-binary @filenameFake a /etc/hosts entry and a