The REST Debugger is a tool that you can use to test and debug your REST queries.
The interface has the Request pane with four tabs that contain the main request information, the resource and the parameters request, the authentication methods, and the option to use proxy to connect to the server.
For example, you can use the REST Debugger to connect to a music service and get the albums or artists information within a TListView.
To launch the REST Debugger, open RAD Studio XE7 and select Tools > REST Debugger.
In this example, I am going to create a basic currency conversion app that uses a REST API to convert US Dollars to Euros.
Below are a couple of screenshots that show you how to use the REST Debugger to test your REST API queries. Once done, you can generate the REST components with all the properties already set by clicking on Copy Components and then pasting them onto your VCL or FireMonkey form.
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