Using curl with email and password - php

Question

I have an api to export some information to a csv file. The API is correct and it is downloading my file when I access it from the browser. I need to access this API from the terminal and download the file without having to go to the browser.
My route for the API looks like this:
Route::get('/api/file/export', 'File\FileController#export', [
'middleware'=>'auth.basic'
]);
I tried using curl like this:
curl --user email:password http://example.com/api/file/export
I have tried different curl commands but each of then displays the redirect to login html. When I use -O the command for downloading a file, it downloads a file that has the redirect to login link.
curl --user email:password -O http://example.com/api/file/export
Am I calling the API correctly? How else can I access the API from the terminal?

Answer 1

You should first be logged in your website. You can try this:
curl --user email:password http://domain.tld/login_page
And then use the cookies for your second request:
curl --cookie http://domain.tld/file/to/export
If that is not working, you need to do the whole submit action with cURL, meaning doing POST request with email and password etc.
Someone gave a good solution here
PS: Checkout if you don't need a token to request your API too.