Editing Troubleshooting of curl errors (section)

=== How to resolve cURL Bad Range in URL Error ===
'''Problem Analysis:'''

When executing a cURL command with square brackets in the URL, you might encounter this error message:

<pre>
curl: (3) bad range in URL position 38:
https://example.com/api/news?q[post_category_id_eq]=&tag_id=176&page=2
</pre>

'''Solutions'''

To resolve this error, append the {{kbd | key=<nowiki>--globoff</nowiki>}} flag to your cURL command:

Example:
<pre>
curl --globoff "https://example.com/api/news?q[post_category_id_eq]=&tag_id=176&page=2" -o output.html
</pre>

'''What does --globoff do?'''
The {{kbd | key=<nowiki>--globoff</nowiki>}} (or {{kbd | key=<nowiki>-g</nowiki>}}) parameter disables cURL's URL globbing feature.

By default, cURL interprets certain characters as wildcards for batch downloading:
* Square brackets {{kbd | key=<nowiki>[]</nowiki>}} - Character ranges or lists
* Curly braces {{kbd | key=<nowiki>{}</nowiki>}} - String sequences

When your URL contains these characters as literal query parameters (common in Rails and similar frameworks), cURL misinterprets them as globbing patterns. The {{kbd | key=<nowiki>--globoff</nowiki>}} flag tells cURL to treat all characters literally instead of parsing them as wildcards.

Alternative solutions:
* URL-encode the brackets: {{kbd | key=<nowiki>%5B</nowiki>}} for {{kbd | key=<nowiki>[</nowiki>}} and {{kbd | key=<nowiki>%5D</nowiki>}} for {{kbd | key=<nowiki>]</nowiki>}}