Turn a curl command into fetch() code

The API docs give you a curl example; your project wants JavaScript. Convert the command instead of retyping every header and body field.

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The job

API documentation almost always shows curl. Rebuilding the same request in fetch() by hand means transcribing the URL, every header, the method, and the body — and it is exactly where typos sneak in. The curl→fetch converter parses the command and emits fetch code you can paste straight into a script or the console.

Converting a command

Paste the curl command — it can span multiple lines with backslashes. The output is a fetch() call with a tidy options object: method, headers, body, and credentials where they apply.

  • Covered flags: -X/--request, -H/--header, -d/--data and friends, -u/--user, -A/--user-agent, -e/--referer, -b/--cookie, -F/--form, -L/--location, -k/--insecure, --url.
  • Flags it doesn't know are skipped — and listed at the top of the output, so you can see what was dropped rather than guessing.
  • `@file` references can't be read from a pasted command; the code shows where to attach the file yourself.

Worked example

`curl -X POST https://api.example.com/users -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"Ana"}'` becomes `fetch("https://api.example.com/users", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: '{"name":"Ana"}' })` — drop a `.then(r => r.json())` on the end and it runs.

Where it stops

It generates a browser-compatible call: -k/--insecure is noted but browsers can't disable TLS verification, and -L matters only inside fetch's own redirect handling. Output is ES2020-style fetch — for axios or Node's https, treat it as a reference request rather than final code. Commands up to 100,000 characters.