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# HOW TO : Check web services using curl
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-check-web-services-using-curl/
- Published: 2011-10-31T20:36:40.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-31T20:36:40.000Z
- Description: Quick note for myself to check web services using curl ([L/U]nix utility to play with http(s) traffic) [code] curl https://URL_TO_TEST –insecure –trace-ascii debug.txt [/code] Comments on...
- Author: admin
- Tags: HOWTO, Linux, Networking, security, Uncategorized, Web, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Quick note for myself to check web services using [curl](http://curl.haxx.se/?ref=kudithipudi.org) (\[L/U\]nix utility to play with http(s) traffic)

```
curl https://URL_TO_TEST –insecure –trace-ascii debug.txt
```

Comments on options :  
–insecure is used if you are testing web services served over SSL using self signed certs  
–trace-ascii dumps all traffic between the client (curl in this case) and the server in human readable format