On Reddit.com today there's a post asking for suggestions of tools to test a REST API from the outside (like a user, not unit testing).

Does anybody know of any tools to test a rest API from the POV fo a client? Behat and Cucumber seems to be cool, but are these the right tool to benchmark directly through http?

There's a wide range of suggestions including:

• Postman and SoapUI
• the Advanced REST Client for Chrome
• hurl.it
• Frisby
• Runscope