REST Consumer Console (jQuery + PHP Proxy)

Overview

An early (2013) browser-based REST console, “Consola CONSUMATOARE INRAITA DE REST”, for composing requests against a REST API and reading responses, with a PHP proxy to handle cross-origin calls. It is the twin of the hostway folder in this archive.

Why It Exists

A throwaway-friendly, interactive tool was needed to exercise a REST API directly from the browser, using a small server-side proxy to bypass CORS.

What We Built

A jQuery/Bootstrap single-page interface (jQuery UI autocomplete, Bootstrap-responsive CSS, animate.css, legacy IE shims) for building and sending API requests, with proxy.php relaying them server-side. Files carry “conflicted copy 2013-03” markers, dating this among the earliest work in the archive; the contents mirror the hostway repo.

Technologies & Approach

Plain jQuery + jQuery UI + Bootstrap front end plus a thin PHP relay, a no-framework, get-it-done approach characteristic of 2013.

Outcome / Impact

A working API console for development and debugging. It shows early independent front-end and backend-glue capability, including a working grasp of cross-origin request handling.

Capabilities Demonstrated

• Interactive REST API consoles in the browser
• PHP proxying to overcome cross-origin restrictions
• Early-era jQuery/Bootstrap front-end engineering