cURL Ref per Libor Benes (Dr. B)

cURL Ref brings a clean, high-contrast, searchable reference of essential cURL command line options directly into your Firefox sidebar.

Instantly access curated entries for requests, headers, authentication, TLS/SSL, proxies, connections, retries, downloads/uploads, FTP, cookies, and debugging — all without leaving your current workflow.

Designed for backend developers, API testers, DevOps engineers, security analysts, and anyone who scripts HTTP requests and needs fast, reliable access to cURL's flags.

🏛 About cURL Ref:
Manually recalling cURL's many short and long flag forms, and which ones combine well for auth, TLS, or proxying, is time-consuming and error-prone.
cURL Ref solves this by providing a well-organized, instantly searchable collection of cURL's most useful options for real-world request building and troubleshooting.

📐 Desktop Sidebar Design:
• cURL Ref appears as a persistent, always-available sidebar in Firefox.
• Sticky Search Bar: Neon input field with real-time filtering as you type.
• Expandable Groups: Collapsible categories, one per functional area of cURL.
• Command Rows: Clean rows with the flag, a plain-language description, and a copy button.
• High Contrast Neon Theme: Optimized for readability in dark environments.

⚙ How It Works — 100% Client-Side:
The extension runs entirely locally in your browser. No servers, no accounts, and no data collection of any kind. All options are stored in a static JavaScript array and loaded from the extension package. Nothing is ever sent over the network.

📊 What You See:
🔍 Live Filtering — Results update instantly as you type keywords like auth, proxy, retry, cookie, or tls.
✨ Smart Copy Feedback — Copy button changes to "Copied" with color confirmation.
🌌 Neon Dark Theme — Deep space background with bright cyan, magenta, green, and yellow accents for excellent contrast.
📋 Zero Friction — Paste directly into your terminal after copying.

🖥 Features:
🗂 Curated cURL Option Library — Around 100 hand-picked options covering requests, auth, TLS, proxying, connections, transfers, FTP, cookies, and debugging.
🔍 Instant Search — Filter the entire list in real time with any keyword, across flags, descriptions, and group names.
📋 One-Touch Clipboard — Copy exact flags with a single click.
🗃 Expandable Groups — Expand or collapse individual categories, or all at once.
🔒 100% Client-Side — No telemetry, no tracking, explicitly declared in manifest.json.

🎯 Perfect for:
• Backend developers and API testers scripting HTTP requests.
• DevOps and SRE engineers debugging connectivity, TLS, or proxy issues.
• Security analysts auditing authentication and certificate handling.
• Students and educators learning HTTP and command line tooling.
• Anyone who regularly reaches for cURL --help and wants it faster.

🔒 Security-First Architecture:
✅ No Data Collection — Explicitly declared in manifest.json.
✅ No Telemetry — Zero network requests or external connections.
✅ No Risky Code — No eval(), no innerHTML, fully safe DOM methods.
✅ Minimal Permissions — Only clipboardWrite for copying flags.
✅ Flat & Auditable Structure — Simple, transparent file layout.

🛠 Technical Details:
• Compatibility: Firefox 140.0+ desktop.
• Runtime Execution RAM Footprint: ~25 KB (core scripts: manifest.json + sidebar.html + style.css + data.js + script.js).
• Total Extension Download/Install Size: ~59 KB (including README.md).
• Entry point: sidebar_action panel (sidebar.html).
• Network requests: None (operates purely on internal asset rendering).
• Storage: None required (uses static CURL_GROUPS array loaded in memory).
• Background scripts: None (not needed; operates completely within the sidebar content scope).
• Permissions: Minimal footprint (clipboardWrite only — used for one-click flag copying).
• Data Collection: None (explicitly declared in manifest.json).
• External resources: None (no CDN, no fonts, no remote assets, no icons).

"Map out every request. Understand, build, and audit your HTTP traffic with confidence using the power of cURL. Stay precise."