Getting Started with cURL

Imagine you're sending a quick message to a friend over the internet. Your browser (like Chrome or Firefox) does this automatically when you visit a website it asks the website for the page, and the website sends it back. cURL is like a tiny messenger you control from your computer's terminal or command prompt. It stands for client URL basically a command-line tool that lets you send requests to servers and get replies, without needing a browser. It's free, works on Windows, Mac, Linux and is already installed on most computers. Think of it as your personal way to chat with web servers directly from the command line. Here's a simple visual of how cURL talks to a server: Why Do Programmers Need cURL? As a beginner in web dev, you'll build or use APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) these are like doors that let your code talk to other services (like fetching weather data, user info or posting a tweet). cURL is perfect because: It's fast for testing: You can quickly check if an API