API Mock Tutorial: Getting Started

This section provides step by step instructions of how to create a simple 'static' HTTP mock once you have sMockin successfully installed to your system.

Details on how to install sMockin can be found here Installation

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Creating the Mock

• Open http://localhost:8000/index.html in your browser

• Under the HTTP tab click the New HTTP Endpoint button

• From the New HTTP Endpoint page:

  • Enter /helloworld under the Path field
  • Select GET under the Method field
  • Ensure HTTP Sequenced Based is selected as the mock type

• Click the Add Seq Response button

• In the New Sequenced Response window enter:

  • application/json as the Content Type
  • 200 as the HTTP Status Code
  • { "msg" : "Hello World!" } in the Response Body
  • Set Occurrence to 1
  • Leave the Response Headers empty

• Click the Add button (which will close the window)
• Finally click Save button on the New HTTP Endpoint page

• The new mock /helloworld, should now be present under the HTTP tab in the dashboard
• Clicking on this will reveal the Deployment Status of the mock to either OFFLINE or PENDING if the mock server is already running

• To deploy the mock to the mock server, click the play button (or stop and then start if the server is already running)

Calling the Mock

• Open a terminal window and run the cURL command:
  • curl -i -X GET http://localhost:8001/helloworld

• Alternatively simply open a browser and go to http://localhost:8001/helloworld which should display the "Hello World!" json response.

Next Step:

Applying Sequenced Responses