Initiating a Request

You can initiate a request using the constructed request message in one of the following ways:

• cURL

  cURL is a command-line tool used to perform URL operations and transmit information. It serves as an HTTP client that can send HTTP requests to the server and receive response messages. cURL is used for API debugging. For more information about cURL, visit https://curl.haxx.se/.

• Encoding

  You can call APIs using code to assemble, send, and process request messages.

• REST client

  Both Mozilla and Google Chrome provide a graphical browser plug-in REST client to send and process requests. For Mozilla Firefox, see Firefox RESTClient. For Chrome, search for REST Client from Chrome Web Store.