Since the latter uses hal_json, you need to do

curl --request GET --user myusername:mypassword --header 'Accept: application/hal+json' \
http://example.com/node/2?_format=hal_json

For more info, see Using other authentication protocols.

Since the latter uses hal_json, you need to do it like this

curl --request GET --user myusername:mypassword --header 'Accept: application/hal+json' \
http://example.com/node/2?_format=hal_json

For more info, see Using other authentication protocols.