This code uses the `curl` command-line tool to make an...
This code uses the curl
command-line tool to make an HTTP request. Here's a detailed breakdown of what this specific command does:
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curl
: The command-line utility for making HTTP requests. -
--user-agent
: Sets a custom "User-Agent" header for the request. In this case, it is set to mimic a browser:
'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 Edge/18.1958'
.
This makes the server think the request is coming from a browser. -
-f
: Enables "fail silently" mode, which means curl will fail if the HTTP response code is 400 or higher (e.g., 404 - not found). -
-k
: Allows curl to perform the request even if the SSL certificate of the server is invalid or not trusted (disabling certificate verification). -
--max-time 15
: Sets a maximum time limit of 15 seconds for the entire curl operation. If the request takes longer, it will be terminated. -
-L
: Tells curl to follow HTTP redirections. If the URL redirects (e.g., from HTTP to HTTPS), curl will automatically follow and make requests to the final destination. -
-o
: Specifies the output path where the response body (content) will be saved.
In this case, the downloaded file will be saved as:
C:\Users\juliana.vfalsetti\AppData\Local\CopySpider\workspace\20250808145610114\src\_file90.down
. -
URL: The resource being requested is:
https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/10erjlz/websites_direct_to_https_instead_of_http/?tl=pt-br
.
Summary:
This code downloads the content of a Reddit webpage while mimicking a browser (Edge/Chrome on Windows 10). It follows redirects, bypasses SSL certificate checks if necessary, and sets a timeout if the operation exceeds 15 seconds. The downloaded content is saved to a specified file on the local machine.