Real-time HTTP stream writing console

Question

Is there a program available that will allow me to interactively write HTTP stream data and send it to a server? Ideally I'm looking for a console app that will allow me to type or paste HTTP headers and body, send it to my server, and get the response headers and body back.

Does such a program already exist?

I'm running W7 64-bit with .NET 4.0.

Answer 1

Maybe telnet is an option for you? If it's not already installed on your machine, take a look at this guide from MS.

To connect to your server use it like this:

telnet www.myserver.de 80

After the connection is established, you can paste your HTTP GET reqests or what ever you like.

Answer 2

tinyget is a useful MSFT tool that will make simple get requests. You can store these requests in text files and stream them in.

Answer 3

if you change your mind and want a GUI app

http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/

or you can also use fiddler

Edit:

http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/ also supports commandline