# Install awscurl with Homebrew Curl like simplicity to access AWS resources. Version 0.44 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:awscurl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install awscurl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:awscurl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.44 - **Source summary:** Curl like simplicity to access AWS resources - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T10:19:12Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - awscurl (cli) - awscurl (alias) ## Dependencies - aws-c-auth - aws-c-cal - aws-c-common - aws-c-compression - aws-c-event-stream - aws-c-http - aws-c-io - aws-c-mqtt - aws-c-s3 - aws-c-sdkutils - aws-checksums - certifi - cryptography - openssl@3 - python@3.14 - s2n ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Uses from macOS - libffi ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.44 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/okigan/awscurl - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage awscurl is a curl-like command-line tool that signs HTTP requests with AWS Signature Version 4. It is useful when an AWS service or API Gateway endpoint needs raw HTTP probing but still requires AWS authentication. ### Project history The `okigan/awscurl` repository was created in October 2015. Its README frames the project around a small Unix-tool idea: keep the shape of curl, but automate AWS request signing so users can call AWS APIs without manually building canonical requests and authorization headers. Release history shows the project remained active beyond its early Python package life, adding Homebrew packaging around the 0.20 release in January 2020, SSO profile and redirect support in 2021, Docker images, and continued 0.x releases through 2026. ### Adoption history awscurl found a niche among AWS users who need to debug or script signed requests outside the full AWS CLI command model. The README explicitly points to PyPI, Homebrew, Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, AWS documentation, and Q&A usage as adoption surfaces. Its adoption is narrower than AWS CLI but sticky: it solves the awkward middle ground where plain curl is not authenticated and a generated `aws SERVICE OPERATION` command is too high-level. ### How it is used Typical usage supplies a service name, region/profile or explicit credentials, and a URL: for example S3, EC2 query APIs, or API Gateway `execute-api` endpoints. If access keys are not passed by flag or environment, awscurl attempts to use credentials from `~/.aws/credentials`. The tool exposes curl-like flags for methods, data, headers, redirects, output files, and TLS behavior, while adding AWS-specific options such as `--service`, `--region`, and `--profile`. ### Why package nerds care awscurl is package-nerd catnip because it is a tiny bridge between two command-line cultures: ubiquitous curl-style HTTP tooling and AWS' SigV4 authentication machinery. It packages a fiddly authentication algorithm as one executable, which is exactly the sort of thing users want from Homebrew. It also demonstrates how AWS-adjacent tools often live outside AWS itself but still rely on official AWS credential conventions. ### Timeline - 2015: Public GitHub repository `okigan/awscurl` created. - 2018: v0.13 release prepared. - 2020: v0.20 release adds macOS Homebrew package-manager support. - 2021: v0.22 release adds SSO profile and redirect support. - 2026: v0.44 release published. ### Related projects - AWS CLI provides higher-level generated AWS service commands. - curl provides the familiar HTTP command-line interaction model. - aws-sigv4-proxy and other SigV4 helpers solve adjacent signed-request problems. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for awscurl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** awscurl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [aws-es-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-es-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, http. - [amazon-ecs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amazon-ecs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-amplify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-amplify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-cdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-console](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-console/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-google-auth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-google-auth/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-iam-authenticator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-iam-authenticator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [dxpy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dxpy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: auth, aws, aws-c-auth, aws-c-cal, aws-c-common. - [aws-sso-util](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-sso-util/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, certifi, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/awscurl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/awscurl.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph