HTTP Request Tool

Note: this tool was written long before the Ajax craze, when xmlhttp was a propietary Microsoft extension, supported only by IE. When time allows I'll update it to allow for the native javascript xmlhttp object.

The HTTP Request Tool lets you send http requests, where you control the method (HEAD, GET, ..) and the request headers.

The response from the server is displayed in 3 parts:

The Status and HTTP header
<meta> tags included in the response body, collected from the part of the response preceding the HTML <body>, if any
The response body (e.g. a full html document)

The tool uses the Microsoft "xmlhttp" ActiveX to create the request.
The ActiveX needs a security OK from you. The simplest way is to add
http://telem-pub.openu.ac.il/
To the list of trusted domains in the Security settings of your browser.
Do it at your own risk and temporarily - do not leave this security setting on forever!

Open the Request Tool

Add Bookmarklet (Favelet)
(Right click → Add to Favorites / Bookmarks)
Once you have the bookmarklet saved, activate it from your Favorites/Bookmarks menu on any page you visit: This will send the visited page url as input to the http request tool.

Itai