How to Properly Use curl with Headers for API Requests?

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Hey! Just wanted to share a quick tip for curl with headers. If you’re dealing with APIs that require CSRF tokens or other dynamic headers, you can use a combination of `grep` and `sed` to extract and reuse them in your curl commands.

For example:

```
TOKEN=$(curl -s -H "Accept: application/json" https://api.example.com/login | grep -oP '"token":"\K[^"]+')
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://api.example.com/data
```

This is super handy for automating API workflows.

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