curl-get.sh

# Send GET request to github api to retrieve info of an github user without header
curl https://api.github.com/users/<username>

# Send GET request to github api to retrieve info of an github user with header
curl --include https://api.github.com/users/<username>
# or
curl -i https://api.github.com/users/<username>

# Send GET request with basic auth use user credential to github api to retrieve protected resources
curl --user "<username>:<password>" https://api.github.com/users/<username>
# or more secure with prompt require enter password
curl --user "<username>" https://api.github.com/users/<username>

# Dealing with https: if an api endpoint doesn't have ssl cert but its using https, we can ignore it by --insecure flag 
curl --insecure https://api.abc.com/endpoint