[Tutorial] Using cURL for REST and RPC API calls

Every time I realize I knew how to do something and then forgot, I:

  1. remind myself how I did it
  2. create a small, simple but complete, working stand alone example
  3. ask how to do it here in this forum
  4. immediately answer my own question with the working example.

I REALLY wish everyone would do this.

Expressed in general terms like that, I don’t really know how to help.

The best way to get help here is:

  1. describe what you wish to achieve
  2. create a small, simple but complete stand alone example of what you have done
  3. show the result you get
  4. explain why it is not what you expected to see
  5. ask what to change to get what you actually want

When you do the things I describe, you leave a valuable trail of clear documentation that will benefit many other people. Also, the real experts here in the forum will take the time to help you because:

  1. they can quickly see what you are asking
  2. they can quickly see an answer
  3. they can see that you have the intention to make it clear and easy
  4. they can see that you are paying back into the community the time it takes others to help you out