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Abstract

Administrators often need to automate or simplify common tasks within any system. In AEM for example, managing users, installing packages, and managing OSGi bundles are tasks that must be commonly done.

Because of the RESTful nature of the Sling framework upon which AEM is built, most any task can be reduced to a URL call. cURL can be used to execute such URL calls and can be a useful tool for AEM administrators.

What is cURL
cURL is an open-source command-line tool used to perform URL manipulations. It supports a wide range of internet protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, LDAP, DAP, DICT, TELNET, FILE, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and RTSP.
cURL is a well-established and widely-used tool for getting or sending data using the URL syntax and was originally released in 1997. The name cURL originally meant "see URL."

Because of the RESTful nature of the Sling framework upon which AEM is built, most tasks can be reduced to a URL call, which can be executed with cURL. Content manipulation tasks such as activating pages, and starting workflows as well as operational tasks such as package management and managing users can be automated using cURL. In addition you can create your own cURL commands for most tasks in AEM.

Downloading cURL
cURL is a standard part of macOS and some Linux distros. However it is avaialble for most every operating system. The latest downloads can be found at https://curl.haxx.se/download.html .
cURL's source repository can be found on GitHub as well.

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