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cURL to Code Converter

Paste a curl command and get fetch, axios, Python requests, PHP or Go code. Reads headers, JSON bodies, forms and basic auth, entirely in your browser.

Free, no sign-up. Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Options

curl command

Code

The result appears here.

How to use the curl to code converter

Convert a curl command in three steps

  1. Paste the command. Chrome and Firefox both offer Copy as cURL in the network panel, which gives a full request you can drop in.
  2. Pick the target language: JavaScript fetch, axios, Python requests, PHP cURL or Go net/http.
  3. Copy the generated code. Warnings appear above the output when something could not be converted.

What carries over

  • The URL, including the query string, and the HTTP method. With -d and no method, curl sends a POST, and so does the tool.
  • Every -H header, plus cookies, user agent and referer shortcuts.
  • Request bodies. JSON is turned into a proper object for fetch, axios and Python, and form fields from -F become FormData or a form dictionary.
  • Basic auth from -u user:pass, sent as an Authorization header.

Before you ship the code

  • Secrets: replace tokens and passwords with environment variables. Generated code contains whatever you pasted.
  • Error handling: the examples check the status code, but add retries and timeouts that fit your app.
  • Files: a field like -F file=@photo.png needs a real file handle in your language. The output marks the spot.
  • Redirects: browsers' fetch follows redirects by default. curl only does so with -L.

When the result looks different

If the server answers differently from code than from curl, compare the headers. Browsers add headers you cannot set, and some libraries add a default User-Agent or Accept-Encoding. Copying the exact headers from the network panel is the quickest way to reproduce a request.

Frequently asked questions

Which curl options are understood?

Method (-X), headers (-H), data (-d, --data-raw, --data-binary, --data-urlencode, --json), forms (-F), basic auth (-u), cookies (-b), user agent (-A), -G and -I. Options that only change how curl behaves, such as -L or --compressed, are accepted and ignored. Anything else is listed as a warning.

Why was my -k flag not copied into the code?

-k turns off TLS certificate checks. Copying it into source code is a security risk, so the tool leaves it out, except in the Python output where verify=False is added so the behaviour matches. Fix the certificate instead where you can.

How is a JSON body handled?

When the Content-Type header says JSON and the body parses, the code uses a real object: JSON.stringify in fetch, a dict with json= in Python. Otherwise the body is sent as the raw string.

Are my credentials sent to a server?

No. The command is parsed in your browser. Even so, avoid pasting live production tokens into any tool; replace them with placeholders first.

Can it handle Chrome's Copy as cURL output?

Yes. Multi-line commands with backslashes, single and double quotes, and the $'...' form used for special characters are all supported.