Typescript mock server

Simple mock/stub server that can be used in front end development. Instead of creating json files you can just publish TypeScript objects as json. This makes it easier to maintain your mocks because you can load your own models. When you change your implementation you also have to update your mock, otherwise you will receive compile errors.

Quickstart

The easiest way to check out this stub/mock server is by installing it as a (dev)dependency and then add a script to you scripts section: npm run --prefix node_modules/typescript-mock-server start -- --path=$INIT_CWD/tms-models. Your models should export a data const and your file should be named as ^(get|post){1}(-\d)?.ts$. Changes are being picked up automatically, so no need for a restart. When you add files, you have to restart.

Check out the working example project and the source.

Options

--port=x: Port number the server runs on
--path=x: Path to your models
--cors=http://localhost:5000: Set Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, leave empty to accept all

Register mocks/stubs

Examples talk, so lets start with an example.

Your requirement is to have the following GET endpoints /users, /users/1 and /users/profile/1

Create a root folder that contains your models, like models. Then add a folder users and within the newly created folder create a new folder profile. Add following files get.ts and get-1.ts in the users directory, get-1.ts in the profile dir. To register another HTTP verb, you replace get with your verb ('get', 'post', 'put', 'delete', 'patch', 'options' and 'head' are currently supported).

You should have the following structure:

--models
    -- users
       - get.ts
       - get-1.ts
    -- profile
       - get-1.ts

Within the model file you can import/create your model:

export interface User {
    id: number;
    firstName: string;
    lastName: string;
    creationDate: Date;
}

const newDate = () => new Date();

export const data: User[] = [{
    id: 1,
    firstName: 'Guy',
    lastName: 'Theuws',
    creationDate:  newDate()
}, {
    id: 2,
    firstName: 'Generation Y',
    lastName: 'Development',
    creationDate:  newDate()
}];

export const config: RequestConfig = {
    delay: 2000, // or you can use an interval like {min: 2000, max: 5000}
    statusCode: 418
}

Dependencies

Following dependencies are being used:

express
ts-node-dev
typescript
@types/express
@types/node

Roadmap

[x] Support other server port
[x] Improve paths/way to start
[x] Support different headers/configurations (delays, status codes, ...)
[x] Support most used HTTP methods
[ ] Add tests
[x] Refactor, split up in separate classes (first check if people actually want to use the tool)
[ ] Setup CI/CD (+code quality + coverage tooling)
[ ] Setup website
[ ] Create a JVM compatible version
[x] Create interface to force implementation of required properties and make it more stable
[x] Improve error handling (missing properties etc.)
[ ] Create an optional persistent state

Release notes (will be moved to GitHub in the future)

v1.0.8 - Minor bugfixes
v1.0.7 - Minor bugfixes
v1.0.6 - Bugfix: accidentally included "npm" and "install" dependency, removed again
v1.0.5 - Set $INIT_CWD to support all platforms and add CORS option
v1.0.3 - Updated README to include delay interval example
v1.0.2 - Use correct command to push tags
v1.0.1 - Include correct files in GIT tag
v1.0.0 - Breaking change: renamed Server config to Request and added interval for delay
v0.0.11 - Add items to roadmap, bug fixes
v0.0.10 - Support multiple http verbs

Bug fix contributors

Path fix, from now on current working directory is used. Credits to Spoodyman