HTTP Testing Skill

Test HTTP APIs for functionality, performance, and debugging.

When to Use This Skill

• Testing API endpoints
• Debugging HTTP issues
• Verifying authentication
• Checking response format
• Testing error conditions

Steps

1. GET request — curl http://endpoint/
2. POST with data — curl -X POST -d '{}' http://endpoint/
3. Check headers — curl -i http://endpoint/
4. Add auth — curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer token' http://endpoint/
5. Parse response — curl http://endpoint/ | jq .