 <p>Although it requires a 3rd party tool, these days I use <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html" rel="nofollow">curl</a>. The <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-X" rel="nofollow">-X option</a> allows me to specify the HTTP verb. Windows has a few bash clients that allow you to run curl including <a href="http://cygwin.com/" rel="nofollow">Cygwin</a>.</p> <h2>Sample Execution</h2> <p><code>$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{value: "600"}' http://localhost:8888/my/endpoint</code></p>