Updated on 2024-08-06 GMT+08:00

curl

Scenarios

To use the curl command to call an API through app authentication, download the JavaScript SDK to generate the curl command, and copy the command to the CLI to call the API.

Prerequisites

You have obtained API calling information. For details, see Preparation.

API Calling Example

  1. Use the JavaScript SDK to generate the curl command.

    Log in to the APIG console, and download the SDK on the SDKs page by referring to section "SDKs" in the API Gateway User Guide.

    Open demo.html in a browser. The following figure shows the demo page.

  2. Specify the key, secret, method, protocol, domain name, and URL.

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    Key=4f5f****100c
    Secret=******
    Method=POST
    Url=https://c967a237-cd6c-470e-906f-a8655461897e.apigw.exampleRegion.com
    

  3. Specify query and header parameters in JSON format, and set the request body.
  4. Click Send request to generate a curl command. Copy the curl command to the CLI to access the API.

    $ curl -X POST "https://c967a237-cd6c-470e-906f-a8655461897e.apigw.exampleRegion.com/" -H "X-Sdk-Date: 20180530T115847Z" -H "Authorization: SDK-HMAC-SHA256 Access=071fe245-9cf6-4d75-822d-c29945a1e06a, SignedHeaders=host;x-sdk-date, Signature=9e5314bd156d517******dd3e5765fdde4" -d ""
    Congratulations, sdk demo is running

    The curl command generated using an SDK does not meet the format requirements of Windows. Please run the curl command in Git Bash.