json_server

Description:

json server

JSON Server #
Launch JSON server for web and mobile apps development from CLI without complicated backend setup.
Usage #
jserver --data=<path to JSON file>
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Available options you can use:

-d, --data: path to JSON database file. Required.
-h, --host: specify the IP address to serve. Default to 127.0.0.1.
-p, --port: specify the port to use. Default to 1711.

JSON Format #
Typically, for JSON database, you need to use following structure.
{
"API_PATH_1": RESPONSE_OBJECT_1,
"API_PATH_2": RESPONSE_OBJECT_2,
}
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API_PATH must start with a slash / to mark it as a serving path for API.
RESPONSE_OBJECT: should be either Array or Object.
Examples #
To start a default server, which binds to 127.0.0.1:1711, using database.json.
$ jserver -d database.json
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To start server at localhost:8888 using api.json for database.
$ jserver -h localhost -p 8888 -d api.json
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LICENSE #
MIT @ 2019 Pete Houston.