Please carefully read through webserver alongside this tutorial to gain a high-level understanding of what we are about to cover.
Below is a complete example how to capture data with Hoverfly running as a proxy, and how to save it in a simulation file.
asawebserver.sh
Now we can use Hoverfly as a webserver in Simulate mode.
asawebserver.sh
Hoverfly returned a response to our request while running as a webserver, not as a proxy.
Notice that we issued a cURL command to http://localhost:8500/a/b instead of http://echo.jsontest.com/a/b. This is because when running as a webserver, Hoverfly strips the domain from the endpoint URL in the simulation.
This is explained in more detail in the webserver section.
Note
Hoverfly starts in Simulate mode by default.