I want a simple client that takes a few parameters (Method, URL, Parameters), makes an HTTP request, and shows me the results that were returned.
A browser obviously can easily send GET and POST requests, but I have no good ideas on DELETE and UPDATE.
Did I miss something in browser 101, or is there a common freeware tool to do this? I've seen other threads that give me Java APIs for a simple client, but that's not what I'm looking for.
From a mailing list I'm on: curl works just fine.
Also, Poster for Firefox, and the less-mature Poster for Chrome.
Firefox with the Poster add-on will do what you want.
No one has mentioned RESTClient for Firefox yet. I prefer it to the Poster addon because it supports basic authentication more easily, and saving/opening complete requests. What it doesn't have- and Poster does have - is the ability to upload files. But if you don't need to do that, I prefer it over the other alternatives I know.