Tool for testing RESTful Web services

web-services rest soapui rest-client rest-assured
user2640248 picture user2640248 · Aug 23, 2013 · Viewed 39.9k times · Source

I am trying to evaluate the right tool to test RESTful Web services and eventually automate the same for our project. Wondering, what are the specifications I need to look for such test, when i compare various tools on internet.

Definitely, one of the requirements would be an Open source tool.

I have looked on few tools, such as SOAPUI,RestClient,TestMaker, RestAssured. Wanted to know the pros and cons of them. Also, any ideas or pointers on how to go about it would be of great help.

Answer

Suresh picture Suresh · Aug 23, 2013

if you want to test from browsers,

use

POSTMAN -> Chrome

Rest Client -> Firefox

If you need an online tool or require automated API testing,

use

Runscope

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