What tools do you use to test your public REST API? [closed]

Answer 1

There is a free tool from theRightAPI that lets you test any HTTP based API. It also lets you save and share your test scenarios.

www.theRightAPI.com/test

Answer 2

We are using Groovy to test our RestFUL API, using a series of helper functions to build the xml put/post/gets and then a series of tests on the nodes of the XML to check that the data is manipulated correctly.

We use Poster (for Firefox, Chrome seems to be lacking a similar tool) for hand testing single areas, or simply to poll the API at times when we need to create further tests, or check the status of things.

Answer 3

http://www.quadrillian.com/ this enables you to create an entire test suite for your API and run it from your browser and share it with others.

Answer 4

I am using Fiddler - this is a great tool and allows you to quickly hack on previous http request amending headers / content etc.

Apart from that I am using scipts written in Python (using httplib) , as this is one of the easiest way to create integration test.

Answer 5

We test our own with our own unit tests and oftentimes a dedicated client app.

Answer 6

I use http://hurl.it/

Ha. Sorry, I mis-read your post. I've used cucumber to test it before. It worked out nicely.