also i hope the curl joke is correct i don't use it that much

also i hope there are itysl fans here

caption: "What's a fast way to download data from a website or server?" image: Tim Robinson from his show I Think You Should Leave saying "You could curl it."
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[–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

curl | jq is like the web equivalent of cat | grep

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    I usually plop the response in a file and nvim that. Or write "3 lines of python" if I need anything more complex.


    EDIT:
    Never tried jq but read up on it a little, seems hella powerfull. Also, in my workplace postman is the default tool, which I find infuriaring as hell.

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