Download the latest zipped binary
You can download it at https://curl.se/windows/, choose either 64-bit or 32-bit, depends on your machine preference.
Extract and Move to Program Files Directory
Program Files directory is a good place for any program directory, so let's create a folder inside C:\Program Files
named Curl
and extract the zip to this folder.
Add Path For Executable Curl
Hit the Windows
icon on the keyboard and type edit the system environment variables
and the menu. The System Properties
window will popped-up. Click the environment variables
button and the environment variables window will popped-up. In the User variables for <your-user>
, find and choose Path
and then hit the Edit
button. The Edit environment variable
window will popped-up and click the New
button and add C:\Program Files\Curl\bin
and then hit OK for all windows.
Test the Curl
Open new CMD/CommandPrompt instance and try to type curl --help
and enter. If you see the list of commands usage, then it already works.
C:\Users\dendi>curl --help
Usage: curl [options...] <url>
--abstract-unix-socket <path> Connect via abstract Unix domain socket
--anyauth Pick any authentication method
-a, --append Append to target file when uploading
--basic Use HTTP Basic Authentication
--cacert <CA certificate> CA certificate to verify peer against
--capath <dir> CA directory to verify peer against
-E, --cert <certificate[:password]> Client certificate file and password
...
Hit an Open API
try it like this:
curl -X GET "https://swapi.dev/api/people"
See it it succeed retrieving the data
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