Everything curl
Everything curl
Introduction
How to read this book
The cURL project
Get curl
Open Source
The source code
Network and protocols
Command line basics
Using curl
How to HTTP with curl
Protocol basics
Responses
Authentication
Ranges
HTTP versions
HTTPS
HTTP POST
Multipart formposts
-d vs -F
Redirects
Modify the HTTP request
HTTP PUT
Cookies
HTTP/2
Alternative Services
HTTP/3
HTTP cheat sheet
Scripting browser-like tasks
libcurl basics
HTTP with libcurl
Bindings
libcurl internals
Index
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HTTPS

HTTPS is in effect Secure HTTP. The "secure" part means that the TCP transport layer is enhanced to provide authentication, privacy (encryption) and data integrity by the use of TLS.

See the Using TLS section for in-depth details on how to modify and tweak the TLS details in a HTTPS transfer.

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