What is the simplest way of sending an HTTP POST to a localhost address/port under Windows?
E.g. do any browser plugins exist to do this or could a command be sent in the Chrome Developer Tools / Firebug console?
[Have seen similar q's asked before but the answers mostly seem to recommend the use of Unix tools such as CURL or Websites such as http://www.hurl.it, which preclude sending the request to localhost.]
I use Advanced REST Client usually. I assume it works offline too(never tried it though as my Internet is always on).
Advanced REST Client for Chrome
I think the plugin is available for firefox too. Just google Advanced REST Client
EDIT:
Some other cool alternatives:
Paw (My current favourite)
if you use Chrome you can go with the DHC by Restlet or with Rest Console.
I think you can find extension like those for firefox too.
I would invoke PHP with a script that does the post.
file send_post.php
<?php
// here I use argv for URL, but you can adapt it however you like
$url = "http://localhost/".$argv[1];
$data = array('var1' => 'value1', 'var2' => 'value2');
$options = array(
'http' => array(
'header' => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
'method' => 'POST',
'content' => http_build_query($data)));
$response = file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create($options));
// you can echo the response if you're interrested, or just dump it
echo $response;
?>
test file http://localhost/SO/PHP/receive_post.php
<?php print_r ($_POST) ?>
invokation
C:\Dev\PHP\SO\PHP>php send_post.php whatever
Warning: file_get_contents(http://localhost/whatever):
failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
in C:\Dev\PHP\SO\PHP\send_post.php on line 12
C:\Dev\PHP\SO\PHP>php send_post.php SO/PHP/receive_post.php
Array
(
[var1] => value1
[var2] => value2
)
