Getting Started

Installation

1. Pick a plan on GitHub Marketplace.
2. If that's not already the case, install Mockend GitHub App on your repository (choose "select repositories").
3. Create a .mockend.json config file to describe your API.

note

Mockend can be installed in repositories owned by users or organizations. In the examples below, we're assuming it's installed on https://github.com/org/repo.

Config

For a quick start, create a new .mockend.json at the root of your repository:

.mockend.json

{
  "Post": {
    "title": { "string": {} },
    "comments": {
      "hasMany": "Comment"
    }
  },
  "Comment": {
    "body": { "string": {} },
    "post": {
      "belongsTo": "Post"
    }
  }
}

info

Many types (string, int, boolean, dateTime, regexp, lorem*) and custom data are supported, see configuration for a complete list of options.

You can visit https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts or https://mockend.com/org/repo/graphql to confirm that everything's working.

REST

Based on the previous config, the following API will be automatically created:

GET https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts
GET https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts/<id>
GET https://mockend.com/org/repo/comments
GET https://mockend.com/org/repo/comments/<id>

Query parameters can be used to filter, sort and paginate lists:

• <field>_eq <field>_ne equal, not equal
• <field>_gt, <field>_gte, <field>_lt, <field>_lte greater than or equal, lower than or equal
• <field>_contains, <field>_startsWith, <field>_endsWith search string
• <field>_order=asc|desc sort data
• limit offset paginate results

For example, to get posts with title containing word marvel and ordered by creation date:

GET /posts?title_contains=marvel&createdAt_order=desc

Or the top five most viewed posts:

GET /posts?limit=5&views_order=desc

Or published posts with less than 100 views:

GET /posts?published_eq=true&views_lt=100

POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE requests are mocked and changes aren't saved. You can therefore develop forms and make requests without polluting your initial dataset.

POST   https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts
PUT    https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts/<id>
PATCH  https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts/<id>
DELETE https://mockend.com/org/repo/posts/<id>

GraphQL

Documentation for GraphQL is automatically generated and a GraphiQL interface is available at:

https://mockend.com/org/repo/graphql

Data can be queried, filtered and sorted just like with REST.

Working in teams

Mockend supports feature branches. Team members can collaborate, try and discuss changes on .mockend.json using GitHub's pull requests. Multiple dedicated mock APIs can be created.

To access a feature branch, add ...tree/<branch_name>/... to Mockend API URL.

For example:

https://mockend.com/org/repo/tree/feat-1234/posts/1
https://mockend.com/org/repo/tree/feat-1234/graphql

Questions

If you have a question or feedback, feel free to contact us :)