# modal curl | Modal Docs

- **URL:** https://modal.com/docs/cli/latest/curl
- **Summary:** Send an authenticated request to a Modal endpoint.

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`modal curl`
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Send an authenticated request to a Modal endpoint.

Experimental: This command may change or be removed in the future.

This command allows you to send authenticated requests without including proxy token headers. Authentication is managed via your local Modal API credentials. API-based authentication adds latency to requests, so this utility is recommended only for experimentation and debugging purposes.

All arguments are passed directly to `curl`, which must be installed locally.

Examples:

    modal curl https://user--my-app.us-west.modal.direct
    modal curl -X GET https://user--my-app.us-west.modal.direct
    ```
    
    **Usage**:
    
    ```shell
    modal curl [OPTIONS] CURL_ARGS...

**Options**:

*   `--help`: Show this message and exit.

[modal curl](https://modal.com/docs/cli/latest/curl#modal-curl)