What tools do you use to test your public REST API?

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dscape picture dscape · Dec 20, 2010 · Viewed 126.9k times · Source

Looking for tools use to test REST API.

So far I'm only aware of SoapUI. I've tried SOAPUI but - at least in a mac - it's terrible.

Wondering what people are using to test their own APIs.

Answer

Jim Ferrans picture Jim Ferrans · Dec 20, 2010

If you're just testing your APIs manually, we've found RestClient 2.3 or the Poster add-on for Firefox to be pretty helpful. Both of these let you build requests that GET, PUT, POST, or DELETE. You can save these requests to rerun later.

For simple automated testing try the Linux (or Cygwin) 'curl' command in a shell script.

From something more industrial strength you can move up to Apache JMeter. JMeter is great for load testing.

31 October 2014: HTTPRequester is now a better choice for Firefox.

July 2015: Postman is a good choice for Chrome

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