http://rest7.btopro.net username: restws_test password: test
Either use terminal (recommended) or POSTMAN -- http://www.getpostman.com/ (good for simple commands)
C - create R - read U - update D - delete
"Q" -- Read also can be used to query multiple resources
this is used for most calls
site.com/{entity_type}/{id}.{format}
Some examples to try: note for this example you obviously can destroy content on the site and kind of do whatever you want.
READ
return the user 4 resource as json
curl http://restws_test:test@rest7.btopro.net/user/4.json
return node 1 as xml
curl http://restws_test:test@rest7.btopro.net/node/1.xml
CREATE
curl -X POST -H Content-Type:application/json -H Cache-Control:no-cache -d '{"title":"stuff","type":"page","language":"und","status":"1","author":"4"}' http://restws_test:test@rest7.btopro.net/node
UPDATE
curl -X PUT -H Content-Type:application/json -d '{"title":"stuff","body":{"format":"plain_text","value":"stuff","summary":"stuff"},"type":"page","author":"4","nid":"7"}' http://restws_test:test@rest7.btopro.net/node/7
DELETE
curl -X DELETE -H Content-Type:application/json http://restws_test:test@rest7.btopro.net/node/5