Curlify

3.0.0 · active · verified Thu Apr 09

Curlify is a Python library that converts `requests` request objects into equivalent cURL commands. This is particularly useful for debugging network requests by quickly generating a cURL command that can be executed directly in a terminal. The current version is 3.0.0, and it maintains an active release cadence, primarily focusing on Python version compatibility and minor enhancements.

Warnings

breaking Python 3.6 support was dropped in `curlify` version 3.0.0. Users on Python 3.6 or older will need to upgrade their Python version or stick to `curlify<3.0.0`.
Fix: Upgrade Python to 3.7 or newer, or pin `curlify` to a version less than 3.0.0 (e.g., `pip install 'curlify<3.0.0'`).
gotcha The `curlify` function expects a `requests.PreparedRequest` object, not a raw `requests.Request` object or a `requests.Response` object. Passing the incorrect object type will result in an `AttributeError` or an incomplete cURL command.
Fix: Always call the `.prepare()` method on your `requests.Request` object before passing it to `curlify`. For example: `prepared_req = requests.Request(...).prepare()` then `curlify(prepared_req)`.

Install

pip install curlify Install stable version

Imports

curlify
```
from curlify import curlify
```

Quickstart

This quickstart demonstrates how to create a `requests.Request` object, prepare it using `.prepare()`, and then convert the resulting `PreparedRequest` object into a cURL command string using `curlify`.

import requests
from curlify import curlify

# Create a requests.Request object
r = requests.Request(
    'GET', 
    'http://httpbin.org/get',
    headers={'User-Agent': 'curlify-test-agent'},
    params={'key': 'value'},
    data={'body_key': 'body_value'}
)

# Prepare the request to get a PreparedRequest object
prepared_request = r.prepare()

# Convert the prepared request to a curl command
curl_command = curlify(prepared_request)
print(f"Generated cURL command:\n{curl_command}")

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