Guide: convert cURL commands to fetch, axios, and more
Docs and DevTools copy requests as `curl -X POST … -H 'Authorization: …'`. Rewriting into fetch, axios, or Python requests loses `-d`, `--data-raw`, or cookies easily.
Parsing runs in-browser — pasted commands are not uploaded. Use staging curls without production tokens or replace secrets with placeholders first.
Use to bootstrap HTTP clients, reproduce support bugs, or codegen E2E tests. Cross-check with the API tester for headers and body parity.
Step by step
- Paste the full cURL command — Include URL, method, headers, and body. Keep terminal line continuations with `\`.
- Pick language or library — fetch, axios, ofetch, Python requests — match your project runtime.
- Review body and content-type — JSON, form-urlencoded, and multipart map differently — watch `-F` uploads.
- Integrate and test — Paste into code, move secrets to env vars, run against staging.