virtualservice-local

Virtual Service offline

During the development of web applications the backend and the frontend often rely on different groups. So you need to create a common REST call definition agreement.

If the backend is developed first, utilities such as swagger or postman are probably sufficient for the subsequent development of the client.

When it is necessary to first define REST calls, virtual-service becomes a practical solution.

With this tool you can run offline all serveices definited on on-line editor.

PREREQUISITES

• nodejs

USE

• install virtualservice-local globally:

  $ npm i virtualservice-local -g
  

• download all service definitions you need from editor https://virtualservice.herokuapp.com and save files locally;

• run virtualservice-local serving files you need:

  $ vs "C:/local/path/file-downloaded-1.json" "C:/other/path/file-downloaded-2.json"
  

OPTIONS

$ vs [<options>] <files>

options:

-p, --port defines the port on which the server will be published (default=9010)
--ip defines the ip on which the server will be published (default=localhost)

SAMPLE

Suppose you download file my-service-test.json in a local path. So you can start virtual-service offline so:

$ vs "./my/local/path/my-service-test.json"

now your service is running on http:localhost/9010 (9010 is default port) and you can call its methods:

http://localhost:9010/service/my-service/call/...

The same online call would have been:

https://virtualservice.herokuapp.com/service/my-service/call/...