Deactivate mapping without deleting it

[cezarypiatek]

Hi,
I checked the documentation but couldn’t find anything related to this. It would be very helpful to have the ability to deactivate a mapping without deleting it. This would allow for proper post-test analysis.

In my case, many tests dispose of mappings as soon as they’re no longer needed to avoid collisions. After the tests finish, it becomes difficult to investigate why certain requests weren’t matched, because the mapping definitions have already been removed.

Instead of adding another attribute to the mapping itself, it might be better to extend the admin endpoint for returning mapping with new attribute that will allow to include deleted entries. I think this would be the simplest way to achieve the desired outcome.

This improvement would definitely improve WireMockInspector usability.

[StefH]

So actually, you would like to have a soft-delete option?
So posting a HTTP DELETE to the admin-endpoint would not delete it, but de-activate?

[cezarypiatek]

Correct. After soft delete there will be no longer in effect but it would be possible to get those mapping via admin api for diagnostic purpose.