HTTP4e2 is an Eclipse plugin that helps you quickly build HTTP REST packets enabling you to easily test and create REST Service and Web Service calls.
It is a fork of HTTP4e by Atanas Roussev updated for Eclipse 4.39
A tool for Web Development, Web/Rest Services Development, Testing, HTTP hacking and tampering.
About
Eclipse HTTP Client (HTTP4e2) is an Eclipse plugin for making HTTP and RESTful calls. Build with user experience in mind, it simplifies the developer/QA job of testing Web Services, REST, JSON and HTTP. It is a useful tool for your daily job of HTTP header tampering and hacking.
The Features:
- Making/Replaying an HTTP call directly from Eclipse IDE
- Visual Editors for HTTP headers, parameters and body
- Tabbed browsing (allowing replaying different RESTful, HTTP calls on separate tabs)
- History support (persisting your valuable REST calls)
- One-click HTTP code generation to Java, PHP, C#, Flex/ActionScript, Cocoa/Objective-C, Ruby, Python and Visual Basic
- One-click JMeter script generation
- Import and export HTTP4e replay script
- Export HTTP sessions as HTML report
- Import raw HTTP packets and Firefox’s Live HTTP headers
- Aesthetic UI, Code assist, Headers auto-suggest, Syntax coloring
- “Raw”, “Pretty”, “Hex”, “Browser” and “JSON” views
- Proxy Configuration
- BASIC, DIGEST and BEARER Authentication
- SSL/HTTPS support
- Unicode UTF8 support
- HTTP tampering
- Tab renaming
Categories: Network, Tools, Web, Web Services
Tags: REST client, HTTP client, restful client
Additional Details
Eclipse Versions: 2026-03 (4.39), 2026-06 (4.40)
Platform Support: Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK
Development Status: Production/Stable
Date Created: Friday, May 15, 2026 - 22:29
License: Apache 2.0
Date Updated: Monday, May 25, 2026 - 10:15
Submitted by: George Lindholm
| Date | Ranking | Installs | Clickthroughs |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 219/533 | 14 | 28 |
| May 2026 | 350/608 | 10 | 57 |
| April 2026 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
Unsuccessful Installs
Unsuccessful Installs in the last 7 Days: 2
| Count | Error Message |
|---|---|
| 2 | Cannot continue the operation. There is another install operation in progress. |
