CURL Converter

Extract text from Web request files (CURL)


Drop or upload your .CURL file
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How to extract text from your CURL file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CURL file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert CURL to another file type

To convert CURL Requests to another format, you need cURL or other Developer software.

Convert a file to CURL

To convert other file formats to the "Web Request Script" file type, you need software like cURL or a similar tool.


About CURL files

A .curl file is a plain text script containing a command for the cURL command-line tool. It stores HTTP request parameters, including headers, URLs, authentication tokens, and data payloads, used to transfer data to or from a server. These files are typically executed in terminal environments or imported into GUI-based API clients like Postman or Insomnia. As a raw command-line string, a .curl file is prone to formatting and syntax errors. Escaping quote characters for complex JSON payloads is notoriously difficult and error-prone in raw cURL commands. It lacks a graphical interface, making it confusing for non-developers, and the raw command cannot be directly dropped into application source code without manual translation. For visual API testing, convert to a Postman Collection (JSON). To integrate the network request into a backend application, convert to Python (PY) utilizing the requests library, or JavaScript (JS) utilizing fetch. For simple archiving, convert it to a standard text file (TXT).

Convert.Guru analyzes your CURL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted POV, ZPL, ADML, PYTHON, JSON and PHP files.


FAQ

If you want to convert CURL file to PYTHON, JSON or PHP, you can use cURL or similar software from the "HTTP Web Request Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to CURL, try cURL or another comparable tool in the "HTTP Web Request Script" category.



The CURL Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CURL converter.