Here is a list of Web Development tools that I recommend
Testing Web APIs
curl : curl -k -i -X POST -H 'ContentType: application/json' -d '{ ... properly formated json e.g. "id": 1, "Name": "Doc" }' url
curl : curl -k -i -X POST -H 'ContentType: application/json' -d '{ ... properly formated json e.g. "id": 1, "Name": "Doc" }' url