THthunderbong·Jul 4, 2025Submission
JSON-server: Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds
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Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)
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25 sourcesThis seems JSONServer https://github.com/typicode/json-server but in YAML
In Show HN: I built a backend so simple that it fits in a YAML fileJSON-server relicensed to Fair Source License
3 points · Open discussionJSON-server: Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds
2 points · Open discussionJSON Server: Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds
2 points · Open discussionThere is https://github.com/typicode/json-server that is really useful for that matter
In You can serve static data over HTTPJSON Server: Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds
3 points · Open discussionAnother similar project that I use for mocking API server https://github.com/typicode/json-server
In Show HN: Caffeine – Minimum viable back end for prototypingI've used this on multiple projects: https://github.com/typicode/json-server
In Ask HN: Best Way to Mock APIs in 2020?This looks really cool. Is there a difference between this and json-server [0]?
0: https://github.com/typicode/json-server
In MirageJS: An API mocking library for frontend developmentI use JsonServer and that has seriously changed how I prototype web apps.
How's this better?
https://github.com/typicode/json-server
In Show HN: A minimalist toolkit for building scalable REST microservicesFor early stage and hackathon-style API mocking, JSON Server is pretty cool. You implement a JSON file of objects that gets inferred as endpoints and served up as an API.
https://github.com/typicode/json-server
For a fancier solution, Swagger / OpenAPI spec is useful. It has a feature called API Auto Mocking which you can serve with SwaggerHub. [The free tier includes this feature by the way.]
https://app.swaggerhub.com/help/integrations/api-auto-mockin...
https://swagger.io/tools/swaggerhub/
You can also use Swagger Codegen to generate server stubs and API clients as code in various languages once you're ready to break out of the mock API.
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
That's the route I'd go personally as this tooling is available for free, is fairly mature, and has a strong community behind it at this point.
There a
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re a few other similar alternatives that I know less about such as WireMock (http://wiremock.org/) and Stoplight (https://stoplight.io/). Postman also has a mock server feature if you happen to already use that.
I've been using json-server for quite a while,
https://github.com/typicode/json-server
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