cURL Command Writer

Overview

You describe the request and we return the cURL command for it, with every value in single quotes using one published escaping rule — so a body containing a quote, a space or a shell operator stays a value instead of becoming syntax. Header order and duplicates are kept. Credentials are replaced with a placeholder by default, which makes the command safe to paste into a ticket but means it will not authenticate until you put the real value back. The result is a string: this skill never runs it, never opens a socket, and never resolves the host, and --location is rendered only because you asked for it.

Hand-written cURL commands break on the values that matter: an apostrophe in a body, a space in a header, a URL with an ampersand. Rendering the command from structured fields with one escaping rule makes the string correct by construction, and redacting credentials by default means the command you paste into a ticket is not the one that leaks a key.

When to use it

Scope

Non-goals

• Never executes the command, opens a socket, or resolves the host
• Does not send the request or check that the URL exists
• Does not add options you did not ask for, such as -s, -k or --retry
• Does not produce cmd.exe or PowerShell syntax
• Does not invent a body, a content type, or authentication

Properties

Capabilities

Cost & billing

Flat rate per invocation

File handling

How we handle your data

Input schema

Output schema

API contract

curl -sS -X POST "$BASE/v1/execute" -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"skillKey":"network.generate_curl","input":{"request":{"url":"https://example.com/v1/ping","headers":[{"name":"Accept","value":"application/json"}]}}}'

import { Squillify } from "@squillify/sdk";

const sq = new Squillify({ apiKey: process.env.SQUILLIFY_API_KEY });

const { output } = await sq.execute("network.generate_curl", {"request":{"headers":[{"name":"Authorization","value":"Bearer sk-live-not-a-real-key"},{"name":"Content-Type","value":"application/json"}],"url":"https://api.example.com/v1/orders","method":"POST","body":"{\"sku\":\"A-1\",\"qty\":2}"}});

Errors

Other limits

Limitations

• Never executes the command, opens a socket, or resolves the host
• Does not send the request or check that the URL exists
• Does not add options you did not ask for, such as -s, -k or --retry
• Does not produce cmd.exe or PowerShell syntax
• Does not invent a body, a content type, or authentication
• Performing the request — this skill has no network access at all
• Building commands that need proxies, certificates, or file uploads
• Producing shell scripts with several commands or pipelines

How to call

POST /v1/execute (requires authentication)

{
  "skillKey": "network.generate_curl",
  "input": {
    "request": {
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "value": "Bearer sk-live-not-a-real-key"
        },
        {
          "name": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://api.example.com/v1/orders",
      "method": "POST",
      "body": "{\"sku\":\"A-1\",\"qty\":2}"
    }
  }
}

Examples

{
  "request": {
    "headers": [
      {
        "name": "Authorization",
        "value": "Bearer sk-live-not-a-real-key"
      },
      {
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.example.com/v1/orders",
    "method": "POST",
    "body": "{\"sku\":\"A-1\",\"qty\":2}"
  }
}

{
  "warnings": [
    "Credentials were replaced with <redacted>, so the command shows the shape of the request but will not authenticate; set redactSecrets to false to render it as given"
  ],
  "redacted": true,
  "redactions": [
    "headers[0] Authorization"
  ],
  "curl": "curl -H 'Authorization: <redacted>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-raw '{\"sku\":\"A-1\",\"qty\":2}' 'https://api.example.com/v1/orders'",
  "_meta": {
    "headerCount": 2,
    "commandBytes": 142,
    "shell": "POSIX_SH"
  }
}

{
  "redactSecrets": false,
  "request": {
    "url": "https://example.com/search?q=it%27s",
    "followRedirects": true,
    "headers": [
      {
        "name": "X-Note",
        "value": "it's fine"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "warnings": [
    "Redaction is off, so this command may contain live credentials; treat the output as a secret and do not log or store it"
  ],
  "redacted": false,
  "redactions": [],
  "curl": "curl -H 'X-Note: it'\\''s fine' --location 'https://example.com/search?q=it%27s'",
  "_meta": {
    "headerCount": 1,
    "commandBytes": 79,
    "shell": "POSIX_SH"
  }
}

Recommended use cases

• Give a user a copy-pasteable reproduction of a request
• Document an API call from the same structured request your code sends
• Round-trip a request parsed by network.parse_curl back into a command

Avoid for

• Performing the request — this skill has no network access at all
• Building commands that need proxies, certificates, or file uploads
• Producing shell scripts with several commands or pipelines

Related skills

Composable with

Safety & privacy

• Runs without calling any external service.
• Your payloads are never stored permanently.
• Telemetry captures metadata only — never your payload contents.
• We never train models on your payloads.
• No human reviews your payloads.

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