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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[–] 127 points 11 months ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 65 points 11 months ago

    I really like that the link at the bottom of the page says "check out more stuff you should be using" but that URL takes you to a page where the curl article is the only link.

    "more coming soon. Or not. I don't owe you shit"

    A majestic site indeed. Bravo sir.

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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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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I feel bad that I read that page in Chrome. I'm a failure of a techie.

    Tomorrow I must atone by teaching more students terminal commands. Maybe using web API calls with cURL. Or get and some eviloverlord.com quotes?

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  • [–] 79 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    whenever someone at work says they have trouble with a web service or api I'm like "Idk I can curl it just fine, what's your request look like" and you would not believe how many developers get confused by this question. It's so goddamn frustrating

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    They know how to use Postman and that is it.

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Hey that's not fair, plenty of them also know how to upload hardcoded secrets to postman.

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    Recursively dumping all data from the server was always a wget thing, it will create a nice directory structure for you and will also convert links in webpages to point to your local file system.

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    a Tim Robinson Linux meme is two layers of obscure 10/10

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I know curl but I don't get the meme?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    aria2c -c -x 10 -k 5M rocks. Faster and more persistent than Firefox' built-in downloader, while still working on most servers.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    Dear Lord,

    Please help OP's reference hit.

    In Jesus' name...

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Gimme that.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    itysl fan here: everyone else is talking about cURL, but I see what you did there.... well done!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hmm. This thread is making me want to watch it. What's the pitch?
    I'm sure I could look it up and get a bland general description, but I'd be more likely to trust the opinion of another person in a Linux memes community on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Me watching curl and wget fail on a multi request HTTP logic stupidity that requires you to submit a random useless header that only the browser will do automatically.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    That looks like Alan Tudyk in Chuck but I don't think it is.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I think it's this guy https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4200503 Just saw him in Friendship, which was incredibly awkward the whole time.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    Alan Tudyk in Chuck

    Was he ever in Chuck? I don't recall that. But also, Tim Robinson, who this actually is (I didn't know either, had to google a bit), has also never been on Chuck lol

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    No. Well, I don't know. I didn't finish Chuck (though I get the sense I should!) and have self diagnosed as face blind. I also only know Tim Robinson from ... Uh, nevermind, turns out that was Tim Robbins. I don't know Tim Robinson.

    This guy looks like Alan Tudyk to me (my wife would describe him as "the same font") and the aesthetic reminds me of Chuck, hence the original post. I apologize for misleading you.

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