Charles vs RESTed
A side-by-side look at Charles and RESTed. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Charles
Development
Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).
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RESTed
Development
RESTed is an open-source REST API testing tool. It allows developers to easily test REST APIs by sending HTTP requests and viewing responses. Key features include support for HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, custom headers, and SSL certificates.
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