# Basic Tutorial Request **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/basic-tutorial-request/2222 "2014-01-20T09:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![BDub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/bdub/32/5137_2.png) [@BDub](https://community.particle.io/u/BDub)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/basic-tutorial-request/2222/3 "2014-01-20T16:40:33Z")
@Startgroup I have on my backlog a plan to create a tutorial for a nice extension for Chrome that allows you to create POST and GET requests. Wrapping your head around exactly what those requests really are goes a little deeper, so I'll add to my list a basic overview of that. For now, see if poking around with this extension helps. Make sure you have the Tinker application flashed to your Core. See my brief tutorial on how to send a POST request to turn on D7 from this extension here: > **[Tinker API returning "-1" (failing) but I don't know why](https://community.particle.io/t/tinker-api-returning-1-failing-but-i-dont-know-why/1365/3)** > > Hi @marksbren What method are you using to create the POST request? If with code, can you share the code so we can take a look? I like to use the Advanced Rest Client extension for Chrome to test things out… here’s how you would use it to... You probably were lost with the jflasher app because you had not programmed your :spark: Core with an application that you could talk to. Maybe you will have better luck trying my Simple Spark Core Controller **[GitHub - technobly/Simple-Spark-Core-Controller](https://github.com/technobly/Simple-Spark-Core-Controller)** (run the example first! and then you can learn how to customize it) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.particle.io/t/basic-tutorial-request/2222)._