Hello all.

Can anyone recommend a simple application that I can use to test http request/response messages?

postman

proxy20:
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what language?

Postman as the guy up there said, and its not a language its an app

its a google chrome extension so be sure you have google chrome. Also if you use the terminal, you can use cURL to send HTTP Requests and have response sent in your terminal , for example :
you can send a request to google.com like this from the terminal:

curl https://www.google.com \
-H "X-header name".

etc.

i gotta explain better then:

I just wanna practice with the raw HTTP request/response messages. I got Telnet client on windows 10 (Telnet server has been deprecated on windows 10). I also got APACHE XAMPP, but telnet won't connect with localhost as connection is always lost!

I just wanna practice with the raw thing, do something with Telnet like:

>open 127.0.0.1 80
>GET /helloworld.php HTTP/1.1

So I can get the response HTTP message, that's all. I don't need something elaborate or with to many technical jargons, I never expert abeg.

You can use your browser to do this. All browsers have a web console you can use to make GET http request to either local or remote server, configure http headers to be sent with the request and read the response right in the console.

On latest firefox, open options, click developer and select web console to open the console OR press Ctrl+Shift+K (shortcut).

NB: Almost all latest major browsers like chrome, opera, safari and even internet explorer plus Edge have consoles but firefox is the easiest to use as they have complex interface. Moreover, it will take you time to get used to the functionalities they offer as it varies among vendors.

There are a lot of tutorials on the web on how to use developer tools provided by the vendors. Happy searching and playing.

In c/c++

Internetconnect(), InternetOpenRequest(), HttpOpenRequest(), HttpSendRequest()

Guess that replies you. I don't know of C# as you didn't specify what language

romme2u:
You can use your browser to do this. All browsers have a web console you can use to make GET http request to either local or remote server, configure http headers to be sent with the request and read the response right in the console.

On latest firefox, open options, click developer and select web console to open the console OR press Ctrl+Shift+K (shortcut).

NB: Almost all latest major browsers like chrome, opera, safari and even internet explorer plus Edge have consoles but firefox is the easiest to use as they have complex interface. Moreover, it will take you time to get used to the functionalities they offer as it varies among vendors.

There are a lot of tutorials on the web on how to use developer tools provided by the vendors. Happy searching and playing.

thanks, I am gonna try this out..

gimakon:
In c/c++

Internetconnect(), InternetOpenRequest(), HttpOpenRequest(), HttpSendRequest()

Guess that replies you. I don't know of C# as you didn't specify what language

PHP. Just dealing with the raw HTTP thing. no particular language

paranorman:


PHP. Just dealing with the raw HTTP thing. no particular language

Use curl.

romme2u:
You can use your browser to do this. All browsers have a web console you can use to make GET http request to either local or remote server, configure http headers to be sent with the request and read the response right in the console.

On latest firefox, open options, click developer and select web console to open the console OR press Ctrl+Shift+K (shortcut).

NB: Almost all latest major browsers like chrome, opera, safari and even internet explorer plus Edge have consoles but firefox is the easiest to use as they have complex interface. Moreover, it will take you time to get used to the functionalities they offer as it varies among vendors.

There are a lot of tutorials on the web on how to use developer tools provided by the vendors. Happy searching and playing.

paranorman:

thanks, I am gonna try this out..

Download and try out the new Firefox Developer browser; multi-browser debugging (Valance) and more for web Development: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

Yea, it is another browser to download (not on top of a current Firefox installation) and FFD also tracks, but I like it.

AAinEqGuinea:



Download and try out the new Firefox Developer browser; multi-browser debugging (Valance) and more for web Development: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

Yea, it is another browser to download (not on top of a current Firefox installation) and FFD also tracks, but I like it.

yea i already had it. i downloaded it around late 2014 or early 2015.

Mehn what this modern browsers are providing is scary. These guys are turning browser into IDE, complex Interpreters and a Platform (for developing and deploying apps).

Anytime i peep at developer tools and API's provided by vendors, goose-pimple just overshadow me. Google and Mozilla have made sure IE died a natural death but Microsoft aint giving up.

In today's world, WEB is a platform like Windows, Linux, Android and Mac with an ever expanding features that will take an average developer years to learn and use them.

romme2u:


yea i already had it. i downloaded it around late 2014 or early 2015.

Mehn what this modern browsers are providing is scary. These guys are turning browser into IDE, complex Interpreters and a Platform (for developing and deploying apps).

Anytime i peep at developer tools and API's provided by vendors, goose-pimple just overshadow me. Google and Mozilla have made sure IE died a natural death but Microsoft aint giving up.

In today's world, WEB is a platform like Windows, Linux, Android and Mac with an ever expanding features that will take an average developer years to learn and use them.

cool