Curl REST API tester

curl_rest_api_tester.sh

#!/bin/bash
AUTH="user:password"
BASE="http://url.com/"
METHOD=$1
DEST="$BASE$2"
XML=$3
# or
# JSON=$3
 
# make sure args were passed
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "usage: ./`basename $0` HTTP-METHOD DESTINATION_URI [XML]"
        echo "example: ./`basename $0` POST "/accounts" \"<account><name>WHO</name><email>[email protected]</email></account>\""
        exit 1
fi
 
# execute CURL call
curl -H 'Accept: application/xml' -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' -w '\nHTTP STATUS: %{http_code}\nTIME: %{time_total}\n' \
-X $METHOD \
-d "$XML" \
-u "$AUTH" \
"$DEST"
 
exit 0