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GitHub - futoase/json-server: REST API mocking based on plain JSON

Give it a JSON or JS seed file and it will serve it through REST routes.

Created with ❤️ for front-end developers who need a flexible back-end for quick prototyping and mocking.

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Examples

Command line interface

// db.json
{ 
  "posts": [
    { "id": 1, "body": "foo" }
  ]
}
$ json-server --file db.json
$ curl -i http://localhost:3000/posts/1

Node module

var server = require('json-server');

server.low.db = { 
  posts: [
    { id: 1, body: 'foo' }
  ]
}

server.listen(3000);

You can find a running demo here: http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com.

Why?

  • Lets you use plain JSON or simple JS file
  • Supports GET but also POST, PUT, DELETE and even PATCH requests
  • Can be used from anywhere through cross domain requests (JSONP or CORS)
  • Can load remote JSON files
  • Can be deployed on Nodejitsu, Heroku, ...

Installation

$ npm install -g json-server

CLI usage

  Usage: json-server <source> [options]

  Options:

    --version      output version
    --port <port>  set port

  Exemples:

    json-server db.json
    json-server seed.js
    json-server http://example.com/db.json

Input

Here's 2 examples showing how to format JSON or JS seed file:

  • db.json
{
  "posts": [
    { "id": 1, "body": "foo" },
    { "id": 2, "body": "bar" }
  ],
  "comments": [
    { "id": 1, "body": "baz", "postId": 1 }
    { "id": 2, "body": "qux", "postId": 2 }
  ]
}
  • seed.js
exports.run = function() {
  var data = {};

  data.posts = [];
  data.posts.push({ id: 1, body: 'foo' });
  //...

  return data;
}

JSON Server expects JS files to export a run method that returns an object.

Seed files are useful if you need to programmaticaly create a lot of data.

Routes

GET   /:resource
GET   /:resource?filter=&filter=&
GET   /:parent/:parentId/:resource
GET   /:resource/:id
POST  /:resource
PUT   /:resource/:id
PATCH /:resource/:id
DEL   /:resource/:id

To slice resources, add _start and _end to query parameters.

For routes usage information, have a look at JSONPlaceholder code examples.

Returns database state.

Returns default index file or content of ./public/index.html (useful if you need to set a custom home page).

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