cURL

cURL is a very powerfull system which allows us to transfer data across a wide variety of protocols. cURL is commonly used to send data across websites which includes API interaction. Using a cURL request, we can do the basic HTTP request, the more complex FTP upload or interaction with an authentication enclosed HTTPS site. In this section we will go through how cURL is intialized, how to send cURL request and close the requests.

By default, all HTTP requests made out by cURL are GET requests. It simply fetches the URL and doesn't submit any POST variables. However, if we need to fetch and retrieve URL by the POST method with cURL, you will need the snippet below: