apidoc-mock
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Tired of overthinking mock solutions, use apidoc styled comments on your local files to create a mock NodeJS server.
You can serve up exactly what you need. Everything from a 200 status, to forcing a random custom status. You can even force a delay to see how your codebase will handle loading scenarios with a balls slow API response.
The basic requirements:
Generate a "happy path" mock server from apidoc @apiSuccessExample annotations. Once the
server is set up correctly you should be able to update your code comments/annotations and have the mock(s) update with a
browser refresh.
NPM install...
$ npm i apidoc-mock
$ mock --help
Create a mock server from apiDoc comments.
Usage: mock [options]
Options:
-d, --docs Output directory used to compile apidocs [default: "./.docs"]
-p, --port Set mock port [default: 8000]
-s, --silent Silence apiDoc's output warnings, errors
[boolean] [default: true]
-w, --watch Watch single, or multiple directories
-h, --help Show help [boolean]
-v, --version Show version number [boolean]
If you have a project, you could setup a NPM script to do the following
$ mock -p 5000 -w src/yourDirectory -w src/anotherDirectory
Then follow the guide for apidoc. From there run the NPM script, and open localhost:5000/[PATH TO API ENDPOINT].
It's recommended you make sure to .gitignore the .docs directory that gets generated for apidocs.
Since apidoc-mock now runs locally we consider our Dockerfile to be less of a focus and now in maintenance mode.
We no longer support an apidoc-mock image hosted on dockerhub or
Quay.io which means you will either have to build your own container
image or use one of the existing older versions of apidoc-mock still being hosted.
Docker has a beginner breakdown for image build and container run guide
The apidoc-mock image comes preloaded with a "hello/world" example...
First, download the repository
Confirm Docker, or an aliased version of podman, is running
Next, open a terminal up and $ cd into the local repository
Then, build the image
$ docker build -t apidoc-mock .
Then, run the container
$ docker run -d --rm -p 8000:8000 --name mock-api apidoc-mock && docker ps
Finally, you should be able to navigate to
To stop everything type...
$ docker stop mock-api
Using ApiDocs
The v0.5X.X+ range of ApiDocs, now, requires the description with its updated template (i.e.
@api {get} /hello/world/ [a description]) if you want the docs to display. If you don't use that aspect of this package you can continue to leave it out.
Setup your API annotations first. @apiSuccessExample is the only apiDoc example currently implemented.
/**
* @api {get} /hello/world/ Get
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
*/
const getExample = () => {};
/**
* @api {post} /hello/world/ Post
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiHeader {String} Authorization Authorization: Token AUTH_TOKEN
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
*/
const postExample = () => {};
Next
Then, make sure to .gitignore the .docs directory that gets generated for apidocs.
Then, setup your NPM scripts
"scripts": {
"mock": "mock -p 5000 -w [PATH TO YOUR JS FILES] -w [ANOTHER PATH TO YOUR JS FILES]"
}
And then run your script
$ npm run mock
Make sure Docker, or podman, is running, and you've created a local image from the repository called apidoc-mock. After that setup is something like...
"scripts": {
"mock:run": "docker stop mock-api-test; docker run -i --rm -p [YOUR PORT]:8000 -v \"$(pwd)[PATH TO YOUR JS FILES]:/app/data\" --name mock-api-test apidoc-mock",
"mock:stop": "docker stop mock-api-test"
}
You'll need to pick a port like... -p 8000:8000 and a directory path to pull the apiDoc code comments/annotations from... -v \"$(pwd)/src:/app/data\".
Then, run your scripts
$ npm run mock:setup
$ npm run mock:run
Finally, navigate to
the docs, http://localhost:[YOUR PORT]/docs/
the api, http://localhost:[YOUR PORT]/[PATH TO API ENDPOINT]
Apidoc Mock adds in a few different custom flags to help you identify or demonstrate API responses
Get random responses from both success and error examples with the @apiMock {RandomResponse} annotation
/**
* @api {get} /hello/world/ Get
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiMock {RandomResponse}
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "lorem": "dolor",
* "ipsum": "est"
* }
* @apiError {String} bad
* @apiError {String} request
* @apiErrorExample {json} Error-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 400 OK
* {
* "bad": "hello",
* "request": "world"
* }
*/
const getExample = () => {};
Get a random success response with the @apiMock {RandomSuccess} annotation. Or get a random error with the @apiMock {RandomError} annotation
/**
* @api {get} /hello/world/ Get
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiMock {RandomSuccess}
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "lorem": "dolor",
* "ipsum": "est"
* }
* @apiError {String} bad
* @apiError {String} request
* @apiErrorExample {json} Error-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 400 OK
* {
* "bad": "hello",
* "request": "world"
* }
*/
const getExample = () => {};
Force a specific response status with the @apiMock {ForceStatus} [STATUS GOES HERE] annotation. If you use a status without a supporting example the response status is still forced, but with fallback content.
/**
* @api {get} /hello/world/ Get
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiMock {ForceStatus} 400
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
* @apiError {String} bad
* @apiError {String} request
* @apiErrorExample {json} Error-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 400 OK
* {
* "bad": "hello",
* "request": "world"
* }
*/
const getExample = () => {};
Delay a response status with the @apiMock {DelayResponse} [MILLISECONDS GO HERE] annotation.
/**
* @api {get} /hello/world/ Get
* @apiGroup Hello World
* @apiMock {DelayResponse} 3000
* @apiSuccess {String} foo
* @apiSuccess {String} bar
* @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 200 OK
* {
* "foo": "hello",
* "bar": "world"
* }
* @apiError {String} bad
* @apiError {String} request
* @apiErrorExample {json} Error-Response:
* HTTP/1.1 400 OK
* {
* "bad": "hello",
* "request": "world"
* }
*/
const getExample = () => {};
Contributing? Guidelines can be found here CONTRIBUTING.md.
4.7.0 (2024-04-22)
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