TestRoute

A project to create test http routes for your closest frontend or backend.

Did you ever want a mock http server to test your front end or whatever? TestRoute will help you next time!

How it works

You run the command:

testroute

You answer some questions:

> What is the path of your route? /api/user/4
> What HTTP method should listen to? GET
> What should be the response HTTP status? 200
> What should be the response? (Write a file path or leave empty for none) ./response.json
> There's any delay that you want on the route? (in seconds) 5

The server is up and ready to handle your requests!

Server is running on http://localhost:9999
Available routes:
  GET /api/users/4 - Status: 200

Features

• Interactive-first, so you don't need to figure out arguments or flags right ahead
• Batteries-included: set the http method, status code, response body, delay and wildcard route (e.g. /user/:id)
• Highly configurable: you can create a set of mock routes one time and use it everywhere
• Intuitive and friendly with prompt autocompletion

Usage

First, you need to install TestRoute:

cargo install testroute

Installing it via Cargo is the only way now, but the prebuilt binaries are coming soon.

Getting started

TestRoute aims to make your life easier by being friendly and on point.

To start using it you just need to run the following command:

testroute

HTTP file

You can define a set of mock routes in a file and TestRoute will serve it to you.

Create a .http file and copy the text below into it.

GET /foo 200
Delay=1

{
  "foo": true
}

POST /bar 400

{
  "bar": true,
  "message": "Back end with JS not allowed :p"
}

GET /api/users/:id 200

{
  "hello": "world!"
}

Run this command:

testroute --import path/to/routes.http

Scripting

Want to create an automation with TestRoute? You can!

testroute -h

Flags

• -p --path to specify the route
• -m --method to set the http method
• -s --status to define the response status code
• -r --response to specify the response body
• -d --delay to simulate a latency (seconds)
• -i --import to import the configuration file
• -h --help to print the help menu
• -V --version to print the version

Examples

Setting all the flags:

testroute -p /api/users -m GET -s 200 -d 0 -r ""
# testroute --path /api/users --method GET --status 200 --delay 0 --response ""

Predefining route and method, finishing interactively:

testroute -p /api/users/:id -m GET

# GET http://localhost:9999/api/users/1234 should work
# and http://localhost:9999/api/users/whatever as well

Executing a set of routes in a file:

testroute --import mock-routes.http

Contributing

Feel free to contribute, opening an issue to report a bug or suggesting a CLI change, an improvement or a new feature.

How to contribute

1. Fork this repository
2. Clone your fork on your machine
3. Make your changes, commit and push them
4. Open a pull request (write a descriptive message about what you changed)