Mock WebService Response

Former Member over 8 years ago

I'm trying to connect to a webservice that returns a payload with a slightly different format depending on the time of day (inorite?). Is there a way of mocking the response in a file so that I can test it without having to wait or do I have to input the entire payload into code? Tried searching forums and docs but to no avail.

Kit

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

What I've done in the past with json data, is it put a file on a web server (mydata.txt for example), and use the url of that file for the testing. Sometimes I'd get data using the real url in a browser, and just copy/paste it to the file on the web server.

travis.vitek over 8 years ago

If you use python, you can use the built-in web server for testing like this.

I create a folder that contains files all of the various files documents I want to retrieve, and then start the SimpleHTTPServer in that folder. For example, here is a test directory that I have for verifying FIT/GPX file fetching.

C:\Users\Travis\Desktop\ConnectIQ\webserver>dir /b

COURSES.FIT

TRACK.GPX

WAYPOINT.GPX

WAYPOINT_TRACK.GPX

WORKOUT.FIT



C:\Users\Travis\Desktop\ConnectIQ\webserver>python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8080 ...

If you fetch (using the simulator) the url http://localhost:8080/TRACK.GPX, the built-in python web server will serve that file up for you.

Travis

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks for the advice, I was looking for a built-in mock service since there's a test suite but I guess I'll launch an external webserver.

If you use python, you can use the built-in web server for testing like this.

I create a folder that contains files all of the various files documents I want to retrieve, and then start the SimpleHTTPServer in that folder. For example, here is a test directory that I have for verifying FIT/GPX file fetching.

C:\Users\Travis\Desktop\ConnectIQ\webserver>dir /b COURSES.FIT TRACK.GPX WAYPOINT.GPX WAYPOINT_TRACK.GPX WORKOUT.FIT C:\Users\Travis\Desktop\ConnectIQ\webserver>python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8080 ...

If you fetch (using the simulator) the url http://localhost:8080/TRACK.GPX, the built-in python web server will serve that file up for you.

Travis

Brandon.ConnectIQ over 8 years ago

There are a few services out there that do this:

* http://www.mocky.io/
* http://putsreq.com/
* http://wiremock.org/
* https://apiary.io/

I've used the first two, and they're both easy to set up and use. We used to use PutsReq to test our Communication module, but now we use a local Python service like Travis suggested