ditto-api v0.0.1

ditto-api

Lightweight base for creating fake APIs with Node.

Use it to build out your front-end while the back-end is under development or unreliable.

Use it to simulate unreliable connections.

Use it to inspect actual request and response headers.

Key features

• Make real HTTP requests to a running Hapi server
• Code over Configuration: hook in and write custom handlers if you need to
• Not just static responses: define response sequences so that routes can behave differently across multiple calls

var ditto = new Ditto({
  port: 34345,
  baseDir: path.join(__dirname, 'json')
});

// return static JSON
ditto.route({
  method: 'get',
  path: '/recipes',
  response: 'recipes.json'
});

// dynamic JSON filename
ditto.route({
  method: 'get',
  path: '/recipes/{id}',
  response: 'recipe-{id}.json'
});

// works with query params, too
ditto.route({
  method: 'get',
  path: '/international-recipes',
  response: 'recipes-{query.country}.json'
});

// a custom handler
// notice the `jsonReply` helper
ditto.route({
  method: "POST",
  path: "/token",
  handler: function (request, reply) {
    if (request.payload.email === 'test@example.com' &&
        request.payload.password === 'password') {
      this.jsonReply('token.json');    
    } else {
      this.jsonReply('not-authorized.json').code(401);
    }
  }
});

// simulate an unreliable connection for the next two requests
ditto.route({
  method: "GET",
  path: "/recipes",
  handler: function (request, reply) {
    reply({error:true}).code(404);
  },
  times: 2
});  

Install

npm install ditto-api

Test

npm test