HTTP Post Multipart Tool for testing

Question

does anyone know a little test tool (like Poster / RestTool for Firefox) that is able to upload a file and send a text body within the same post request (Multipart)?

Answer 1

For Chrome/Chromium there is the excellent Postman app/extension: http://www.getpostman.com/ .

For a brief visual tutorial you can check: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16022213/1667104 .

Answer 2

You can use Firefox poster add-on to send HTTP posts with multipart.

1. Select "Parameters" tab
2. Enter the multipart "Name" and "Value"
3. Press "Add/Change"
4. Select "Content to Send" tab
5. Press "Body from Parameters"
6. Enter your URL and User Auth, as required
7. Press"POST"