I'm in the need of a tool to help debugging a webapp - anyone know of some simple client tools that allow you to easily send and construct customizable POST/GET/PUT/DELETE HTTP requests ?
Just what I needed, thanks.
nos
2009-07-06 14:30:48
Is there anything similar for the Mac?
adib
2010-05-19 19:18:56
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The grandaddy of them all is telnet. Just open a connection on Port 80 and type in the raw commands. Most of the basic Internet protocols such as HTTP and mail are text-based and this is part of the reason why.
Of course, if you prefer something more abstract, there are also command-line utilities like wget and curl.
Tim H
2009-07-06 14:47:23
@Michael: you may want to read http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/40696/what-to-do-about-late-answers-if-anything, where I've used your answer as an example.
John Saunders
2010-02-27 17:28:20
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Some curl examples:
GET
curl -HAccept:text/plain http://example.com/base
PUT
curl -XPUT -HContent-type:text/plain --data "stuff:morestuff" http://example.com/base?param=val
DELETE
curl -XDELETE http://example.com/base/user/123
POST
curl -d "param1=value1¶m2=value2" http://example.com/base/
antonj
2010-02-27 17:59:16
Another curl tip: To send a POST request whose data is not in `application/x-www-urlencoded` format, use the `--data-binary` option instead of `--data`.
Kevin Reid
2010-08-06 04:08:59
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For non-automated testing, the Live HTTP Headers add-on for Firefox can be used to alter and replay requests. (It can also change the request method; though the request method dropdown only shows GET and POST, one can actually type whatever one likes, even invalid methods. One could also type the whole request payload, but I assume the other answers offer better solutions for that.)
The online Web-Sniffer might be useful to see a response without rendering it.
(The Web Developer Toolbar can easily change the method attribute in a <form> itself, which after submitting once might make it easy to change request parameters, in some limited cases. One can achieve the same with any tool like Firebug or Web Inspector.)
Arjan
2010-03-01 10:39:07
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I run into free tool to send http post testing tool for windows you can try it. It send text from a file or by size.
Roy Mil
2010-03-04 19:39:13
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@adib - You mentioned a utility for the Mac. I've been using Http Client (http://ditchnet.org/httpclient/) and have had no problems with it at all. Supports GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, OPTIONS, HEAD, CONNECT.
Hope that helps :)
DocD
2010-08-06 03:45:47
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yes httpclient is great but is missing proxy support which is very handy
tigaszzz
2010-09-14 18:10:14