README.md

mockery

An attempt at creating a mock backend specifically for e2e and unit testing framework

How does it work?

First you can add data to the 'state' variable which will be persisted through out the session.

state.me = [{
    "id": 100,
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "(617) 555 - 4321",
    "address": {
        "city": "Boston",
        "state": "MA",
        "zip": "02114"
    }
}]; 

Then you can add routes for the Mock service, Here is an example of mocking a login call:

Mockery.imitate('/login', 'POST', function (req, res) {
	res.type('application/json');
    if( state.me.email == req.body.username ){
        res.statusCode(200);
        res.json(state.me);   
    } else {
        res.statusCode(404);
        res.json({
            "status": "not found"
        });
    } 
});

How can i look data up?

lodash is embedded within Mockery, you can use it like this:

Mockery.imitate('/People/:id', 'GET', function (req, res) {
	// Set the type of response, sets the Content-Type header.
	res.type('application/json');
	var person = _.find(state.people, {
		'id': Number(req.params.id)
	});
	if (!person) {
		return res.json(404, {
			error: {
				message: 'Person doesnt exist'
			}
		});
	}

	// Set the status code of the response.
	res.statusCode(200);
	return res.json(person);
});

But what about PUT and POST?

lodash is embedded within Mockery, you can use it like this:

Mockery.imitate('/People/:id', 'PUT', function (req, res) {
	// Set the type of response, sets the Content-Type header.
	res.type('application/json');
	var person = _.find(state.people, {
		'id': Number(req.params.id)
	});
	
    if (!person) {
		return res.json(404, {
			error: {
				message: 'Person doesnt exist'
			}
		});
	}
	person = _.merge(person, req.data);
    // drop the person and subsequently readd
    _.reject(people, {
		id: person.id
	});
	state.people.push(person);

	// Set the status code of the response.
	res.statusCode(200);
	return res.json(person);
});