Top 3 REST clients for Chrome: PostMan, Advanced REST Client, DHC Rest Client.
+ Recommended for non-Developers (QA, BA, end-users, …) : DHC REST Client.
+ Recommended for Developers (coders, programmers, …) : PostMan.
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Top 3 REST clients for Firefox: Poster, REST Easy, RESTClient.
+ Recommended for non-Developers (QA, BA, end-users, …) : Poster.
+ Recommended for non-Developers (QA, BA, end-users, …) : RESTClient.
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Top 3 REST clients for IE: not recommended any by me (forget it).
So, just use curl to get used to with the command line !
(Windows users: download MingW version curl and run full path or use %PATH%
Example:
C:\> curl.exe https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
C:\> curl.exe https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
C:\> C:\opt\curl-7.50.3-win64-mingw\bin\curl.exe https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
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Bonus: Chrome extensions to view JSON format: JsonView, JSON Formatter (or PrettyJSON, JSON Prettifier), or Developer Tools prettify {} .
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