# /etc/hosts
...
127.0.0.1 mp-api.example.local

curl -k -o /dev/null -s -w %{time_connect}:%{time_starttransfer}:%{time_total}\n
  --resolve mp-api.example.local:8094:127.0.0.1
  -H 'Host: mp-api.example.local:8094'
  'https://mp-api.example.local:8094/api/categories/tree.json'

curl -k -o /dev/null -s -w %{time_connect}:%{time_starttransfer}:%{time_total}\n
  -H 'Host: mp-api.example.local:8094'
  'https://127.0.0.1:8094/api/categories/tree.json'

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