# Sending a request
Pick a request in the project tree, or create one with the plus button. Press **Send**, or ⌘ ↵.
## The request
- **Method and URL.** Variables in double braces, such as `{{baseUrl}}`, come from the active [environment](./environments.md).
- **Parameters.** Query and path parameters, each with a switch to leave it out without deleting it.
- **Headers** and **Body**: JSON, XML, text, URL-encoded form and multipart bodies.
- **Auth:** basic, bearer token, API key in a header or the query, and OAuth client credentials.
- **Checks** and captures, described in [Checks & captures](./checks.md).
## The response
The status, duration, size and content type sit in one line above the body. The body opens as text, a tree or a table, and **Timing** breaks the duration down.
## History and versions
**History** lists every response this request received on this machine, and two of them can be compared. History is local and never shared. **Versions** lists the git commits that changed the request, once its project is [shared through git](../sharing/git.md).
## cURL
Paste a cURL command to create a request from it, or copy any request out as cURL. Postman collections, OpenAPI specs and HAR files are covered in [Importing from Postman](./import.md).