Curl is nice but its syntax leaves a lot to be desired. It's also hard to distribute to others a "collection" of them, as you're going to end up with troublesho

Curl is nice but its syntax leaves a lot to be desired. It's also hard to distribute to others a "collection" of them, as you're going to end up with troubleshooting questions from less-technical users, especially when it comes to multi-request items that require pre/post response processing.