Hey! So, the `-k` option in curl is super useful but also kinda sketchy if you don’t know what you’re doing. It basically tells curl to ignore SSL cert errors, which is great for testing stuff locally or hitting a dev server with a self-signed cert.
But yeah, don’t use it in prod unless you’re 100% sure it’s safe. Like, if you’re hitting an internal API or something, maybe. Otherwise, you’re opening yourself up to man-in-the-middle attacks.
For testing, you can also use tools like Postman or Insomnia—they have options to ignore SSL errors too, and they’re a bit more user-friendly than curl.
Hope that helps!
But yeah, don’t use it in prod unless you’re 100% sure it’s safe. Like, if you’re hitting an internal API or something, maybe. Otherwise, you’re opening yourself up to man-in-the-middle attacks.
For testing, you can also use tools like Postman or Insomnia—they have options to ignore SSL errors too, and they’re a bit more user-friendly than curl.
Hope that helps!