Source https://github.com/necolas/dotfiles/blob/0d402c916f6e1118b20bd4befff863c1e4a2ee2d/shell/curlrc

# Limit the time (in seconds) the connection to the server is allowed to take
connect-timeout = 30

# Limit the time (in seconds) the whole operation is allowed to take
# (prevents cURL from hanging due to slow networks or links going down)
max-time = 300

# When following a redirect, automatically set the previous URL as referer
referer = ";auto"

# cURL default configuration file
# http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html

# Show error messages
show-error

# Show progress using a progress meter
progress-bar

# Send a fake UA string for the HTTP servers that sniff it
user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 Gecko"