Paste a cURL Command and Let Claude Turn It into Proper Integration Code

API documentation almost always includes cURL examples. They're great for testing in the terminal but useless in your application code. Paste the cURL command into Claude and it translates it into a proper HTTP call in whatever language you're using.

> convert this cURL to PHP using Guzzle:
>
> curl -X POST https://api.example.com/v1/charges \
>   -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_test_123" \
>   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>   -d '{"amount": 2000, "currency": "usd"}'

Claude produces a typed, production-ready implementation — not just a raw HTTP call, but code with proper error handling, response parsing, and your framework's conventions:

$response = Http::withToken(config('services.example.secret'))
    ->post('https://api.example.com/v1/charges', [
        'amount' => 2000,
        'currency' => 'usd',
    ]);

if ($response->failed()) {
    throw new PaymentException($response->json('error.message'));
}

return $response->json();

This works for any language and HTTP client:

> convert this cURL to Python using requests

> convert this cURL to JavaScript using fetch

> convert this cURL to Go using net/http

Claude handles all the cURL flags you'd otherwise need to decode manually:

• -H headers — maps to the right header method in your HTTP client
• -d data — parses JSON body and creates a proper request object
• -u basic auth — converts to your client's auth mechanism
• -X method — uses the correct HTTP verb
• -F form data — handles multipart form uploads
• --data-urlencode — uses proper URL encoding

You can also paste an API response alongside the cURL and Claude generates typed response models:

> here's the cURL and a sample response — create the request
> and a typed response class that maps the JSON fields

cURL is for testing, not for production — paste it and let Claude write the real code.

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