curlie - An implementation of cURL in JavaScript in the Microsoft Windows Script Host environment

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curlIE is an implementation of a subset of the cURL command line interface in JavaScript using the XMLHttpRequest object in the Microsoft Windows Script Host environment.

This tool will help you to retrieve remote files from a DOS prompt or in batch files.

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easier to install than cURL on Windows platforms (one single file to download) in particular when you want to access HTTPS sites
uses the Microsoft Internet HTTP engine, so uses all Internet Explorer settings:

no need to build and keep up-to-date a ca-bundle.crt file as must be done for cURL.
if certificates are updated by Windows Update, curlIE is updated too
same certificates as in IE, no more, no less. As trust is the key in SSL, you can trust curlIE as much as IE.

curlIE is also an example of using the XMLHttpRequest object outside the browser context.

Due to limitations of WSH all cURL features can not be implemented:

WSH is limited to text output on STDOUT, so binary data can not be retrieved on this stream. Use the -o option instead to output to a file.
-k/--insecure can not be implemented.

You can download the latest version here (right click, Save file as...)

To upgrade, see examples below or use the --self-upgrade command (requires version 1.008).

curlie command line usage:

cscript //NoLogo curlie.wsf --help

Update curlIE:

cscript //NoLogo curlie.wsf -o curlIE.wsf http://curlie.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/curlIE.wsf

Note: starting from version 1.008, curlIE has also the --self-upgrade command.

Download an image:

cscript //NoLogo curlie.wsf -o google.ico http://www.google.com/favicon.ico

To simplify curlIE usage and WSH usage in general you can change WSH default settings like this:

cscript //NoLogo //H:CScript //S

You can now simply call the curlIE script without "cscript" and without the extension:

curlIE --help