What Are the Most Useful curl Flags You Use Regularly? or Can Someone Explain These Essential curl Fl

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`--compressed` is underrated! Saves bandwidth and time when APIs gzip responses.

Also, `-m 10` to timeout after 10 secs stops hangs. Nobody’s got time for infinite spinning.

For cleaner commands, I break lines with `\` and comment with `#`. Example:

```
curl -X POST \
-H "Auth: Bearer token" \ # auth header
-d '{"key":"val"}' \ # payload
https://api.example.com
```

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