MongoDB website uses a "Browser Shell" to let anybody try how it works really easily. I would like to implement something like that for a site to let devs do some HTTP request for a REST API - how should I approach this? Is there a plugin or tool that I could use?
The mongoDB example can be found here: http://www.mongodb.org/# - click "Try It Out".
The "mongulator" code, written by Kyle Banker, is what you want. He talks about it here:
http://kylebanker.com/blog/2010/1/try-mongodb-browser/
You can see the code on github here:
https://github.com/banker/mongulator
There are also other similar non-MongoDB options available out there as examples - good hunting!
Spring Shell might be helpful http://www.springsource.org/spring-shell
You can visit www.domongodb.com. I am sure you want like this an online mongodb shell to try actual mongodb commands. http://www.domongodb.com
The latest version of the interactive web shell on try.mongodb.org was discussed on the MongoDB Blog with code available on Github.
Note that interactive shells in a web environment have some peculiar limitations (some of which are covered on the blog post) esp. surrounding activity which can block the browser thread.
