What to use to test RESTful API?

[wrack]

Hi,

 

I am developing a set of RESTful APIs and I need to test them. This will be a manual test so no automation needed. At the moment I am using the PostMan/REST Console Chrome extension.

 

Is there a stand alone tool that can be used which can do the same? Will be happy if was just a simple Windows EXE.

 

Cheers :)

[Max Norris]

Personally I would rather pin it to the taskbar and be done with it but no luck on how to do that just yet.

Bring up chrome://apps, right click and tell it to create shortcuts.  Pick where you want them and you're good to go.  The taskbar icon is independent of Chrome's.  It also works even if your Chrome shortcut specifies the --incognito parameter, and it doesn't matter which gets launched first.

 

 

[SkyyPunk Veteran]

SoapUI should be good for it: http://sourceforge.net/projects/soapui/

 

Details: http://www.soapui.org/About-SoapUI/what-is-soapui.html

 

And even though it's called 'Soap'UI it has RESTful service testing built in

 

The other thing I use (similar to postman) is Advanced Rest Client chrome extension/app

[Max Norris]

If Postman is working good enough for you (and it is a good client), you could just make a shortcut for the app, it'll launch in it's own window and look like a standalone program, even though Chrome is still doing the work.  Right click the icon under chrome://apps.  Works for me anyway, keep Chrome on my main display while Postman launches on another monitor, handy when I've got an IDE going.  I did look at a few standalones, most of them seemed to run under Java, typically not a fan so didn't bother.

[wrack]

I actually use Chrome in Incognito Mode all the time and Postman doesn't run in that mode! If it were to run then no worries. Personally I would rather pin it to the taskbar and be done with it but no luck on how to do that just yet.

[wrack]

Thanks :) That would make things a lot easier. Appreciate it.