Is there a way to manually post to a rest webservice using a browser

Question

Is there a way to manually post an xml to a webservice using a browser something like:

POST http://url/Endpoint <xml file text>

Answer 1

With browser add-ons - yes. For example "Tamper Data" for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966/

See also "Poster" add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2691/

Answer 2

REST Client plugin

Answer 3

You could use cURL on the command line:

curl -d '@/home/test.xml' http://url/Endpoint

or directly:

curl -d '<hello/>' http://url/Endpoint