mocklocal.js

mocking an API server with random delays in the response

Installation

npm i -g mocklocal

Basic Usage

To start your mock server:

mocklocal

In separate terminal, you can try this example request

curl localhost:3000/example/mock/ -d '{"test":"1"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Configurations

All these options can be configured through environment variables

Property	Description	Default value
PORT	Port to serve the mock server	3000
MIN_DELAY	Minimum delay for the mock server in seconds you can also use floating point, with 3 fixed precision	0
MAX_DELAY	Maximum delay for the mock server in seconds you can also use floating point, with 3 fixed precision	3
RESPONSE	Default response body for all requests use req to reply back with the request dont forget to escape your string if you're responding with JSON	req

Example usage with config:

PORT=5000 MIN_DELAY=0 MAX_DELAY=.5 RESPONSE={\"status\":\"ok\"} mocklocal

Usage with stdin

Examples of usage with stdin piped to mocklocal

echo '{"source":"stdin"}' | mocklocal

cat ./response_example.json | mocklocal

Note: using stdin as response will override value set in RESPONSE env variable

Tests

Used nyc, mocha, chai for tests; and coveralls for test coverage

npm test

Todos

1. Enable floating point in delay (so we can have .1 seconds)
2. response.json file as response