RESTful and SOAP calls
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Restful - specification
RFC 3986 defines URIs as case-sensitive except for the scheme and host components. e.g.
- Resources
Basics of HTTP
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
Use Chrome addon Postman
Run Chrome in ssl disable verification mode in case you hit CN url mismatch in SSL certificate
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --ignore-certificate-errors
HTTP Prompt – An Interactive Command Line HTTP Client
Install
pip install http-prompt #requires root and sudo is not advised pip install --user http-prompt #local install in ~/.local/bin/http-prompt
Use
http-prompt http://localhost:3000 http-prompt localhost:3000/api --auth user:pass username=somebody
HTTPie online tool
sudo apt-get install httpie
Resources
- http-prompt.com
- http-prompt-command-line-http-client
- HTTPie: a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans Github
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
- List of Chromium Command Line Switches Chrome command line options