Placeholder provides randomly generated JSON data for front-end developers to test their API or use it for showing quick demos or examples of fetch API. Requests can have multiple properties and queries to change what the API responds with.
You can clone this project for your personal use.
Open the command prompt and type git clone https://github.com/haydher/dev-api.git to clone the app.
Then run npm install to install the dependencies
Run node index.js to run it on your http://localhost:3000/
You can fetch the following commands:
Get one randomly generated JSON data of a post. Change how many posts you want in return by adding “/” and your number. For example, “/posts/5” to get an array of 5 posts. Max number is 50.
Posts can also return an array of comments if the query is provided. You can request comments by adding “?comments=X” to get the X number of comments. Max number is 20.
Get one randomly generated JSON data of comments. Change how many comments you want in return by adding “/” and your number. For example, “/comments/5” to get an array of 5 comments. Max number is 50.
Get one randomly generated JSON data of a user. Change how many posts you want in return by adding “/” and your number. For example, “/users/5” to get an array of 5 users. Max number is 50.
Users also include an object of address. The addresses are not related to the user and it's randomly generated.
Get one randomly generated JSON data of a post. Change how many todos you want in return by adding “/” and your number. For example, “/todos/5” to get an array of 5 todos. Max number is 50.
You can use the fetch API to access the routes. For example,
fetch("http://localhost:3000/posts/1?comments=2")
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((json) => console.log(json));Or you can use directly from the website
fetch("https://placeholder-api-dev.herokuapp.com/posts/1?comments=2")
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((json) => console.log(json));