Вы смотрели на локон ? Это очень хорошо для облегчения запросов HTTP GET / POST через командную строку.
например. (для запроса GET):
C:\WINDOWS>curl "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=twitterapi&result_type=
popular"
{"results":[{"from_user_id_str":"32316068","profile_image_url":"http://a2.twimg.
com/profile_images/351010682/twitblock_profile_normal.png","created_at":"Thu, 25
Nov 2010 14:37:46 +0000","from_user":"twitblockapp","id_str":"7805146834669569"
,"metadata":{"result_type":"popular","recent_retweets":10},"to_user_id":null,"te
xt":"blocking and reporting functions are currently failing. @TwitterAPI have be
en notified. http://j.mp/id5w3m","id":7805146834669569,"from_user_id":32316068,"
geo":null,"iso_language_code":"en","to_user_id_str":null,"source":"<a href=&q
uot;http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow">Tweetie for Mac</a&g
t;"}],"max_id":9607558079713280,"since_id":0,"refresh_url":"?since_id=9607558079
713280&q=twitterapi","results_per_page":15,"page":1,"completed_in":0.012698,"sin
ce_id_str":"0","max_id_str":"9607558079713280","query":"twitterapi"}