Let's test if the module works. Can you simply hit /node/1.json from the browser? That should render up a json copy of the first node.

Is person a node content type, a new entity type or the user entity? If it is node or user, then restws already supports those out of the box. All you have to do (for a GET) is append .json on the request. Also, make the user that you connect with has appropriate permissions. If you use basic authentication, that means crafting a BA header that includes the base64 encoded REST application id and password and passing it along with the request.

Another helpful feature I've used with restws; I run advanced rest client through xdebug. All that is necessary for that is to add the xdebug cookie to the headers. Then put a break point and step through the code.

Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=%idekey%

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