Web Services Cruiser: Features & Benefits
- Supports all HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE).
- Supports encryption with HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) protocol.
- Transparent connections through HTTP proxies.
- Be able to set proxy for each individual request [screen].
- Be able to set proxy globally via Administration panel.
- Be able to set HTTP request headers.
- Multiple execution of the same request, both sequentially and concurrently. This feature provides a kind of performance testing functionality for web services.
- Request Timeout controls, both connection and read timeout.
- Be able to set timeout for each individual request [screen].
- Be able to set timeout globally via Administration panel.
- Choices of result of requests: be able to choose result types, wether contains headers, wether contains performance analysis, etc. [screen].
- If you expect the response will be big in size, you may choose file as the result type so the response will be saved as a file, in order to prevent the broswer get frozen.
- A set of comprehensive online management tools provide a full control of the Web Services Cruiser application remotely:
- View and change the server parameters online, including timeout settings, proxy settings, log level, contact information, maximum number of executions of the same request, etc. screen.
- Manage request URLs online [screen].
- Manage of request input files online, for POST and PUT methods [screen]:
- Add, delete and modify file items.
- Upload input files. Delete input files. Modify file content online.
- View server information online [screen].
- View the log file online [screen].