RESTful and SOAP calls

Use curl to test RESTful API

curl --insecure -X GET \
 --header "Accept: application/json" \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer geasrExampleTokengwsdvb" \
 "https://host1.aws.example.com/ApiBaseLocation/v1/ApiName/Value"

Options explained

• --insecure disables ssl checks like the certificate chain check, etc.
• -X, --request <command> it defaults to GET commands, check HTTP1.1 specification for more
• -H, --header <header> (HTTP) Extra header to include in the request when sending HTTP to a server

References

• How to test a REST api from command line with curl codingpedia.org
• Chrome Postan Addon advanced UI addon to test Restful API. You may need to disable SSL verification in chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost