title: “Test an endpoint with curl” description: “Call the REST API from the terminal without Postman.” audience: [“developer”] modules: [“api”] estimated_minutes: 3 last_reviewed: “2026-05-03”

Test an endpoint with curl

For: Developer

Last reviewed: 2026-05-03

curl works on macOS, Linux and Windows 10+. Use double quotes to escape JSON on Windows.

TL;DR

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer KEY" https://api.ministrium.app/v1/members

Steps

1. Generate an API key (see generate API key). 2. Export the key as variable: export MS_KEY=ms_xxx. 3. Test read: curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MS_KEY" https://api.ministrium.app/v1/members?limit=1. 4. Expect 200 OK with one-member JSON. 5. Test POST: add -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{...}'.

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