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Route cURL requests through Tor network

Say, I need to periodically access OtherSite.com/myfile.xml and I want to automate downloading it via the Tor network.

Can I somehow route requests sent by cURL through the Tor network without opening a browser?

Solution

  • You can use torify.

    As per https://linuxaria.com/howto/how-to-anonymize-the-programs-from-your-terminal-with-torify:

    torify is a simple wrapper that attempts to find the best underlying Tor wrapper available on a system. It calls torsocks or tsocks with a tor specific configuration file.

    torify curl OtherSite.com/myfile.xml