REST Easy

REST Easy is a Firefox add-on that provides a full-featured REST client in the browser. It is still a work in progress, but the features currently implemented include:

• support for all common HTTP methods
• parameter editor supporting both application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data
• ability to specify arbitrary data for POST and PUT requests
• preview of HTML both as text and rendered in the browser
• syntax highlighting for HTML, JavaScript/JSON, and XML

Features planned for upcoming releases include:

• tools for saving and loading requests

Instructions

Using REST Easy is simple: just click the toolbar button to open a new tab.

Screenshot

Building the Add-on

The add-on uses an extremely simple Makefile to build the XPI. Simply open a terminal in the directory containing the source code and run:

make

Get Involved

Interested in helping out with REST Easy development? We'd love to have you contribute! Just fork this repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request. Here are some of the areas we would like some help in:

• JavaScript programmers: the following features are still in the planning stages:

  • loading and saving requests
  • preview of more file types
  • ability to specify a file to upload with a POST or PUT request

• Theme designers: our current theme is written in LESS and compiled on-the-fly to CSS in the browser. Although the current theme is usable, we welcome improvements.

• Localization: the add-on has already been translated into a few languages, but we're always excited to add support for more languages. All translations for other languages are welcome.