Graphical HTTP client for windows

windows http rest client

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Solution 1

I too have been frustrated by the lack of good graphical http clients available for Windows. So over the past couple years I've been developing one myself: I'm Only Resting, "a feature-rich WinForms-based HTTP client." It's open source (Apache License, Version 2.0) with freely available downloads.

It currently has fairly complete coverage of HTTP features except for file uploads, and it provides a very good user interface with great request and response management.

Here's a screenshot:

Solution 2

Update: For people that still come across this, Postman is your best bet now: https://www.getpostman.com/apps

RestClient is my favorite. It's Java based. I think it should meet your needs quite nicely. I particularly like the Auth suppport.

https://github.com/wiztools/rest-client

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Solution 3

Have you looked at Fiddler 2 from Microsoft?

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/

Allows you to generate most types of request for testing, including POST. It also supports capturing HTTP requests made by other applications and reusing those for testing.

Solution 4

You could try Jsonium tool http://jsonium.org- nice free tool specialized on requests with JSON in bodies and responses

Solution 5

You can use Microsoft's WFetch tool also. This is a good tool for all HTTP operations.

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user169877

Updated on July 05, 2022

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user169877 almost 2 years

I am looking for a Windows graphical utility for performing HTTP operations.

For example, I want to be able to say things like:

POST to http://example.org/test/service With a POST body: "Data goes here"

Does anyone know a good piece of software for doing this?
- nos almost 14 years
  
  see stackoverflow.com/questions/1087185/…
Daniel DiPaolo almost 14 years

Fiddler isn't a Microsoft tool...
Admin almost 14 years

Help -> About Fiddler -> Author: Eric Lawrence ([email protected]) Copyright 2003-2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Just because its not on Microsoft.com doesn't mean its not a Microsoft tool.
rifferte almost 14 years

Just because it's made by someone who works at Microsoft does not make it a Microsoft tool. . . Reflector is another example of a tool made by a Microsoft employee. He even went on to sell it to another company (Red-Gate).
Sedat Kapanoglu almost 14 years

It IS a Microsoft tool according to the license agreement. fiddler2.com/Fiddler/help/license.asp
Admin almost 14 years

@rifferte - aside from ssgs point above, why is the Microsoft copyright notice in the about window then? Its a Microsoft tool.
Darrel Miller almost 14 years

@rifferte The difference is that Lutz wrote reflector before he went to work for Microsoft.
rifferte almost 14 years

OK - I stand correct :) Odd that the copyright on the site is his, yet the one on the tool is MS. . .
nategood about 12 years

Wanted to follow up here much later and say, hurl.it is now another great web based alternative, regardless of OS.
Bjørn Otto Vasbotten over 11 years

And now it is purchased by Telerik, and Eric Lawrence is becoming a Telerik employee.
mydoghasworms about 11 years

I have decided to end this debate by editing the "from Microsoft" out of the answer above.
Admin about 11 years

I'd thank you to leave my post alone - it was fully correct when it was posted. The "debate" ended nearly two full years before you made your edit.
asgeo1 over 10 years

Well done, this works well!
aaron over 10 years

anyone konws why I downloaded baidu browser rather than fiddler via this link? both using IE or Firefox...
developer747 about 9 years

Fiddler is now owned and developed by Teleric.
Erfan about 9 years

Awesome - exactly what I was looking for.
GisMofx over 8 years

So Simple! I'm POSTing some base64encoded files to web service. They are long strings. I've managed to crash/lockup most of the GUI clients when pasting in the long strings.By doing as you suggested, this was the best and easiest solution. Thanks!
QueueHammer over 7 years

It should be noted this is a Java tool. So you now have two things to install.
Kasey Speakman over 7 years

@aaron I suspect it is because you are in China.
kylebebak over 6 years

I wrote a REST client plugin called Requester for Sublime Text, github.com/kylebebak/Requester. It's inspired by HTTPie and Postman. It's very powerful and easy to use, and it's cross-platform. If you're not in love with your HTTP client it's definitely worth a try.
bvdb over 6 years

@QueueHammer Unless you are java developer
Cr4xy about 5 years

The website is currently down
Rok T. almost 4 years

Postman or Insomnia: insomnia.rest