This code uses the `curl` command-line tool to make an...

August 8, 2025 at 08:35 PM

"curl" --user-agent "'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'" -f -k --max-time 15 -L -o "C:\Users\juliana.vfalsetti\AppData\Local\CopySpider\workspace\20250808145610114\src\_file90.down" "https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/10erjlz/websites_direct_to_https_instead_of_http/?tl=pt-br"

This code uses the curl command-line tool to make an HTTP request. Here's a detailed breakdown of what this specific command does:

  1. curl: The command-line utility for making HTTP requests.

  2. --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.

  3. -f: Enables "fail silently" mode, which means curl will fail if the HTTP response code is 400 or higher (e.g., 404 - not found).

  4. -k: Allows curl to perform the request even if the SSL certificate of the server is invalid or not trusted (disabling certificate verification).

  5. --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.

  6. -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.

  7. -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.

  8. 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.

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