Node Mock REST App

Description

This application gives your project easy setup for mock services.

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Installation

npm install node-mock-rest

Pre Requisite

• Node JS

Starting the app

• Run npm start
• App would run on localhost:3333
• If you want to run on different port run PORT=<new_port> npm start

How to use

• GET

  Put your json file inside service folder in same structure as of your request URL e.g: /profile/1234 would be service / profile (folder) / 1234.json You don't need to restart the app

• POST

  Data in request body will be written to the file mentioned in the POST url. For e.g.: /profile/1234 would create a file 1234.json inside profile folder and write the request body to it. By default, the response would be a success. However, if you need a custom response, create a file postresp/1234.json

• Other Requests For requests like PUT/DELETE etc you'll allways get a success response

• CORS It's enabled for all origin. You need to add specific domain to res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'); to control.

Limitations

• Cannot create authentication scenarios
• Adding or deleting data not possible currently
• Limited to Content-Type application/json