Posted by rp8 on Monday, December 08, 2008

Here’s a simple way to test a web service that handles HTTP GET or POST:

1. HTTP GET with Query String

curl http://example.com/service --get --data name1=value1 --data name2=value2

2. HTTP POST with name/value pairs

curl http://example.com/service --data name1=value1 --data name2=values2