Can I have curl print just the response code?

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I read https://superuser.com/questions/272265/getting-curl-to-output-http-status-code . It mentioned that

curl -i

will print the HTTP response code. Is it possible to have curl print just the HTTP response code? Is there a generic way to get the HTTP status code for any type of request like GET/POST/etc?

I am using curl 7.54.0 on Mac OS High Sierra.

Does this answer your question? [Curl to return http status code along with the response](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38906626/curl-to-return-http-status-code-along-with-the-response) — Nitish Kumar, Feb 04 '22 at 05:49

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '18 at 06:24

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This worked for me:

$  curl -s -w "%{http_code}\n" http://google.com/ -o /dev/null

answered Nov 30 '18 at 06:24

user674669

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If you prefer longhand param names: `-s` = `--silent`, `-w` = `--write-out`, `-o` = `--output` – jakub.g Jun 10 '22 at 15:00

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '18 at 18:58

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curl -s -I http://example.org | grep HTTP/ | awk {'print $2'}

output: 200

answered Nov 28 '18 at 18:58

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Thank you. I read the curl man page. -I will send HEAD request. Is there a generic way to get the HTTP status code for GET/POST/etc? – user674669 Nov 28 '18 at 19:09
but it's rare case, normally it's invoked by using dedicated command line options, for example `--upload-file` for PUT – Uladzimir Nov 28 '18 at 19:16

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '23 at 11:23

Another solution:

curl -sI http://example.org | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2

in this way you are:

getting the first HTTP response line (head -n 1), which must contain the response HTTP version, the response code and the response message (in this order), each one separated by a whitespace (as defined in the HTTP standard);
getting the 2° field of this line (cut -d ' ' -f 2), which is the status code

Can I have curl print just the response code?

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