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Dev tools · November 13, 2016

Tap curl in your editor before it gets to sh

tap curl in your editor before it gets to sh it. Contribute to awalgarg/curl-tap-sh development by creating an account on GitHub.

Tap curl in your editor before it gets to sh launched on November 13, 2016 with 60 votes, #1,073 of 3,636 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

Tap Curl is a developer tool that lets you curl commands in your editor before executing them in the shell. Launched in 2016, it's designed for developers who want to test and refine HTTP requests without leaving their editor environment. The tool integrates curl functionality directly into the editing workflow, allowing for faster iteration and safer command execution by previewing requests before they run.

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