If the token is passed as a url parameter in a get request, -G can be useful as it forces the -d key=value switches to append to the url. So that: curl -G '

If the token is passed as a url parameter in a get request, -G can be useful as it forces the -d key=value switches to append to the url. So that: curl -G 'https://api.example.com' \ -d foo=bar \ -d baz=whee Is the same as curl 'https://api.example.com?foo=bar&baz=whee' That can make all the quoting hell a bit easier, as you're doing it one param at a time.