---
title: "aws4curl"
slug: aws4curl
date_published: "2019-04-11T20:25:00.000Z"
date_updated: "2020-07-07T20:26:19.000Z"
tags: ["open-source", "software-engineering"]
draft: false
summary: "curl, but with AWS Signature Version 4"
---

All the code is available at [carlosbaraza/aws4curl](https://github.com/carlosbaraza/aws4curl).

## aws4curl

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`curl`, but with AWS Signature Version 4

## Installation

```
npm i -g aws4curl
```

## Usage

```
usage: aws4curl [aws4curl options] [curl options]

aws4curl options:
  --aws-region AWS Region to sign requests with (required)
  --aws-service AWS Service (required)

AWS Credentials:
Environment variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY must be defined.
If AWS_SESSION_TOKEN is available, it will be used to generate the header
"X-Amz-Security-Token"

curl options:
  Every flag and argument will be passed to your installed curl
```

## Contributing

Thank you for checking this project out! The project is MIT licensed and every contribution is welcomed.