kakuen

An easy restful API faker requires no coding.

Quick start

• npm install -g kakuen
• kakuen -f ./sample_server/mocks -p 8000
• Or use it as an express middleware

var express=require('express'),
kakuen=require('kakuen'),
server=express(),
moker = kakuen.createMocker('./mocks');

server.use(moker);
server.listen(8000);

What's kakun

Mock up RESTful webservices simply by editing text files, e.g.,

1. GET__#book#123#authors.json ==> GET /book/123/authors
2. POST__#book@id=123.json ==> POST /book?id=123
3. [NEW FEATURE] GET__#book@id={param}.json ==> GET /book?id=123

For json, a schema-based mockup is supported, e.g., in sample_server/mocks/GET__#search@q=js.json

• for single item

		"@KAKUEN_ITEM(offset)": {
			"@KAKUEN_TYPE": "natural",
			"@KAKUEN_PARAM": {
				"min": 1,
				"max": 20
			}
		}
  

will be offset:12

• for collection

       "@KAKUEN_COLLECTION(data)(10)": {
		"name": {
			"@KAKUEN_TYPE": "name",
			"@KAKUEN_PARAM": {
				"middle_initial": true
			}
		},
		"cover-image": {
			"@KAKUEN_TYPE": "image",
			"@KAKUEN_PARAM": {
				"w": 165,
				"h": 165,
				"topic": "sports"
			}
		}
	}
  

will be

   [
     {
      name: "Leo B. McCarthy",
      cover-image: "http://lorempixel.com/165/165/sports"
     },
     ... and 9 more
   ]
  

How to edit mockups

1. Put mockup files in "mocks" at the root directory of your node app (or specify it: export KAKUEN_MOCKS_FOLDER="your_mocks_folder" ). Then adding or editing your own json or xml files under 'mocks' in the format:<method>__#url.[xml|json] e.g., GET__#book@id=123.json ('#' to replace '/', '@' to replace '?')

E.g.,

* DELETE__#book@id=123.json     (DELETE /book?id=123   
* GET__#book@id=1234&type=0.xml (GET /book?id=1234&type=0)  

1. Finally Start the server and access mocks

E.g., * curl http://localhost:8005/book?id=123 * curl http://localhost:8005/search?q=java * curl http://localhost:8005/search?q=js

Fake data type

• all data types in the document of chance.js, such as person name, address, ipv6 ... e.g., chance.month({raw: true}); will be

  
     "@KAKUEN_TYPE": "month",
     "@KAKUEN_PARAM": {
     "raw": true,
     }
  

• image from lorempixel.com, which needs to specify weight, height, and topic (option) e.g.,

   "cover-image": {
	"@KAKUEN_TYPE": "image",
	"@KAKUEN_PARAM": {
		"w": 165,
		"h": 165,
		"topic": "sports"
	}
   }
  

Features

• actively monitoring change in mock files.
• support both json and xml
• support scheme (for json only)
• support random typed data generator (for json only)

Change log

• v5.0
  • Add command line
  • Using chalk for colorful log
  • Update dependences
• v4.0.0 add schema-based mockup using chance data generator
• v3.5.4 fix file name in windows system

Author

• Homer Quan ([e-mail])

License

Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Homer Quan (http://www.homerquan.me)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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