Rec-uest helps you better debug API's by allowing you to record, and twiddle http requests on the fly.
Purpose
- Faster debugging since testing is done locally
- Automated testing made easier
- Easier to debug any outlying issues with API responses
- Simulate server states
- server outages
Requirements
Installation
npm install recuest -g
Terminal Usage
Usage: --env=[env] [config paths]
Options:
--env [default: "default"]
Example:
Here's an example where the proxy might simulate a 500 internal server error:
recuest --env=default,500 /path/to/config.json
And here's /path/to/config.json
:
"default": "port": 8080 "profile": "default" "db": "driver": "Mongo" "port": 27017 "host": "127.0.0.1" "database": "recuest" "500": "profile": "500" "twiddle": "response": "fiddle": "$set": "statusCode": 500 "body": "A 500 internal server error has occurred." }
In your node.js app, make sure to use this chunk of code:
//monkey-patches the http module so all requests redirect through the proxy; var request = ; //redirects through the proxyrequest;
Finally, call node ./my/app.js
, and you should see A 500 internal server error has occurred
.