Testing - Mock server (Mock Backend)

mock server are backend application that mocks a real one by responding to request with pre-defined result.

They are used mainly in the development of web application in order to mock a Web service (such as rest)

A mock server is configured as a proxy gateway in the development environment.

• https://github.com/topics/mock-server
• https://github.com/typicode/json-server
• http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/ - Fake data response with
  • https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
  • https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/comments
  • http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users
  • http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/2
  • …
• Postman
• https://www.mockapi.io/docs
• https://www.mockaroo.com/mock_apis
• https://runkit.com/docs/endpoint

• https://github.com/intuit/karate - Java

proxy or/and sniffer can also respond

• https://docs.telerik.com/fiddler/knowledge-base/autoresponder

• https://github.com/stoplightio/prism (swagger and postman doc) - node

yarn global add @stoplight/prism-cli
prism mock -d https://raw.githack.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/master/examples/v3.0/petstore-expanded.yaml

• https://www.mock-server.com/ - Java