cURL HTTP and API Workflows/Verbose HTTP/TLS details

Show detailed request and response conversation.

Section: Response Inspection

Verbose HTTP/TLS details

bash
bash
curl -v https://example.com
Explanation

`-v` is the first switch to reach for when debugging.

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