json Server

Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

Installation

• NodeJS: https://nodejs.org/en/
• IDE/Code Editor: VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/

npm install -g json-server

Check Version

$ node -v

Format Code

• ⇧⌥F

Create a db.json file with some data

{
  "posts": [
    { "id": 1, "title": "json-server", "author": "typicode" }
  ],
  "comments": [
    { "id": 1, "body": "some comment", "postId": 1 }
  ],
  "profile": { "name": "typicode" }
}

Start JSON Server

• cd db.json dir

json-server --watch db.json

Now if you go to

• http://localhost:3000/posts/1, you'll get

{ "id": 1, "title": "json-server", "author": "typicode" }

Plural routes

• GET http://localhost:3000/posts
• GET http://localhost:3000/posts/1
• POST http://localhost:3000/posts
• PUT http://localhost:3000/posts/1
• PATCH http://localhost:3000/posts/1
• DELETE http://localhost:3000/posts/1

Postman collection

• https://www.getpostman.com/collections/d6871944ae760fcd2b82

Ref

• https://github.com/typicode/json-server