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