Basic Use

1. Enter the URL/resource that you wish to request.
2. Enter any HTTP headers you wish to pass (i.e. Content-type, Accept).
3. If you are POSTing data, enter the POST data in the request body. This could be form data, XML, JSON, etc.
4. Hit the "Send Request" button. The response data will show in the right-hand pane.

More Information

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HTTP Verbs
• HTTP Header Fields
• Representational State Transfer (REST)
• RESTful Web services: The basics
• Roy Fielding's Dissertation
• Web Services