how do I hide curl arguments from command line?











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I have a cronjob that runs this command:



curl -s -G -H Authorization: Bearer ${mysecret} ${myurl}


I'm a ding dong--I just realized everyone can see my password when they issue a "ps -ef | grep curl". I tried using the -d option, but was unsuccessful. Do you know how I can hide the value for $mysecret?










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    You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
    – glenn jackman
    Nov 21 at 23:47










  • Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
    – Travis Clarke
    Nov 22 at 0:06






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    @TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
    – hanshenrik
    Nov 22 at 0:50










  • How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
    – jww
    Nov 22 at 7:58















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I have a cronjob that runs this command:



curl -s -G -H Authorization: Bearer ${mysecret} ${myurl}


I'm a ding dong--I just realized everyone can see my password when they issue a "ps -ef | grep curl". I tried using the -d option, but was unsuccessful. Do you know how I can hide the value for $mysecret?










share|improve this question


















  • 1




    You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
    – glenn jackman
    Nov 21 at 23:47










  • Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
    – Travis Clarke
    Nov 22 at 0:06






  • 1




    @TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
    – hanshenrik
    Nov 22 at 0:50










  • How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
    – jww
    Nov 22 at 7:58













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up vote
1
down vote

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I have a cronjob that runs this command:



curl -s -G -H Authorization: Bearer ${mysecret} ${myurl}


I'm a ding dong--I just realized everyone can see my password when they issue a "ps -ef | grep curl". I tried using the -d option, but was unsuccessful. Do you know how I can hide the value for $mysecret?










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I have a cronjob that runs this command:



curl -s -G -H Authorization: Bearer ${mysecret} ${myurl}


I'm a ding dong--I just realized everyone can see my password when they issue a "ps -ef | grep curl". I tried using the -d option, but was unsuccessful. Do you know how I can hide the value for $mysecret?







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    You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
    – glenn jackman
    Nov 21 at 23:47










  • Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
    – Travis Clarke
    Nov 22 at 0:06






  • 1




    @TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
    – hanshenrik
    Nov 22 at 0:50










  • How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
    – jww
    Nov 22 at 7:58














  • 1




    You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
    – glenn jackman
    Nov 21 at 23:47










  • Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
    – Travis Clarke
    Nov 22 at 0:06






  • 1




    @TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
    – hanshenrik
    Nov 22 at 0:50










  • How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
    – jww
    Nov 22 at 7:58








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You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
– glenn jackman
Nov 21 at 23:47




You could ditch shell and curl and use a language like python or perl that have a http user agent library.
– glenn jackman
Nov 21 at 23:47












Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
– Travis Clarke
Nov 22 at 0:06




Put the command in a script and call the script from the cronjob.
– Travis Clarke
Nov 22 at 0:06




1




1




@TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
– hanshenrik
Nov 22 at 0:50




@TravisClarke that won't work, people will still be able to see the curl password by running the ps command.
– hanshenrik
Nov 22 at 0:50












How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
– jww
Nov 22 at 7:58




How to run cron jobs with sensitive data?.
– jww
Nov 22 at 7:58












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See curl - Read headers from file. You've got two options.





  1. For new versions (7.55 and newer) of curl:



    curl -H @filename ${myurl}



    Where filename holds header and the secrets: Authorization: Bearer mysecret




  2. For older versions create a config file:



    curl -K filename ${myurl}



    Where filename holds the option: -H "Authorization: Bearer mysecret"








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    See curl - Read headers from file. You've got two options.





    1. For new versions (7.55 and newer) of curl:



      curl -H @filename ${myurl}



      Where filename holds header and the secrets: Authorization: Bearer mysecret




    2. For older versions create a config file:



      curl -K filename ${myurl}



      Where filename holds the option: -H "Authorization: Bearer mysecret"








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      See curl - Read headers from file. You've got two options.





      1. For new versions (7.55 and newer) of curl:



        curl -H @filename ${myurl}



        Where filename holds header and the secrets: Authorization: Bearer mysecret




      2. For older versions create a config file:



        curl -K filename ${myurl}



        Where filename holds the option: -H "Authorization: Bearer mysecret"








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        See curl - Read headers from file. You've got two options.





        1. For new versions (7.55 and newer) of curl:



          curl -H @filename ${myurl}



          Where filename holds header and the secrets: Authorization: Bearer mysecret




        2. For older versions create a config file:



          curl -K filename ${myurl}



          Where filename holds the option: -H "Authorization: Bearer mysecret"








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        See curl - Read headers from file. You've got two options.





        1. For new versions (7.55 and newer) of curl:



          curl -H @filename ${myurl}



          Where filename holds header and the secrets: Authorization: Bearer mysecret




        2. For older versions create a config file:



          curl -K filename ${myurl}



          Where filename holds the option: -H "Authorization: Bearer mysecret"









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