Copy as cURL from Browser: Complete Guide 2026

curl 'https://api.example.com/v2/users/me' \
  -H 'authority: api.example.com' \
  -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
  -H 'accept-language: en-US,en;q=0.9' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9...' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'cookie: session_id=abc123; csrf_token=xyz789' \
  -H 'origin: https://app.example.com' \
  -H 'referer: https://app.example.com/dashboard' \
  -H 'sec-ch-ua: "Chromium";v="122"' \
  -H 'sec-ch-ua-mobile: ?0' \
  -H 'sec-fetch-dest: empty' \
  -H 'sec-fetch-mode: cors' \
  -H 'sec-fetch-site: same-site' \
  -H 'user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7)' \
  --compressed

# Original copied curl
curl 'https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ghp_abc123' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json'

# Converted to Python requests
import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer ghp_abc123',
    'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world',
    headers=headers
)
data = response.json()
print(data['stargazers_count'])

// Converted to JavaScript fetch
const response = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world', {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer ghp_abc123',
    'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.stargazers_count);

// Generated by "Copy as Fetch" in Chrome DevTools
fetch("https://api.example.com/users/me", {
  "headers": {
    "accept": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9...",
    "content-type": "application/json"
  },
  "method": "GET"
});