Refresh the Test Case, and the description will have changed. In order to do this, edit the XML from the GET, and look for the following section:Įdit the value of the description and place the contents of the XML in the body of the REST Client. In this example, we will modify the description of a Test Case. In the REST Client, set the URL to the identifier URL (above), set the Method to "PUT", and paste the XML content in the Body window.
This contains the URL that should be used in the URL field of the REST Client (it is in bold). For additional information on retrieving the URL to use with the REST API, see the link below:įrom the above output, below is a portion of the XML data that was retrieved from the GET. This page is powered by a knowledgeable community that helps you make an informed decision. 'Open-source and free' is the primary reason people pick Insomnia over the competition. The REST Client would need to use the following format below: Insomnia, HTTPie, and Postman are probably your best bets out of the 16 options considered. However that is not what the REST Client can use to retrieve the XML data for Test Plan 10. In the example above, we performed a GET on Test Case 10, from the browser, the URL would display as: After doing this any GET operation will return the resource as XML. In this UI, add a header named "accept" with a value of "text/xml". This will present a pop-up UI that will allow the creation of additional headers. To do this, click on the "Headers" tab next to the "Authentication" drop down. To tell the server that XML content is wanted rather than the redirect, an accept header must be added. This is not what is wanted when using REST Client. Chromes Apps page should have the launch icon for Advanced REST client now that its been installed. Note: The RQM API is constructed so that when a resource is retrieved from the server it will open the resource in the RQM Web UI. Theres this great REST client 'extension' for Chrome, but the only way I can find to launch it is to go to the Chrome webstore.