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http-test-servers
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Speeds up some http servers on localhost to facilitate acceptance tests of applications that require api interactions

Speeds up some http servers for testing pourposes.
npm http-test-servers
// Routes first. They can be a simple string (will be a get route), or objects as follows
var routes = {
route1: '/getData',
route2: {
route: '/postData2',
method: 'post',
statusCode: 302,
response: { 'hello': 'world' }
}
};
// Next the servers. The optional delay is to simulate a delay on the response. For each one the same routes will be created
var servers = {
server1: {
port: 3006
},
server2: {
port: 3007,
delay: 2000
}
};
// Optional: the options.
var options = { logger: true };
// init
var testServers = new TestServers(routes, servers, options);
// start them
testServers.start(function(testServers){
// if you want, take a look at this
console.log(testServers)
// don't forget to kill them
testServers.kill(function(){
console.log('killed everything');
});
});
(Boolean): Displays some info on the console every time a request is made
npm test
MIT
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Speeds up some http servers on localhost to facilitate acceptance tests of applications that require api interactions
We found that http-test-servers demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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