Use Rio as a mock server to test Rest API

• Use Rio as a mock server to test Rest API
  • Introduction
  • Why mock?
  • Structure

Introduction

Suppose you want to perform integration tests for an API which is dependent on a 3rd party API, these services are deployed on different testing servers as the below diagram

This repository provides examples how to use Rio as a mock server to simulate HTTP/gRPC endpoints. While this can be used for mocking HTTP requests in a JS based application, it is NOT recommended

Why mock?

• Create stable test suites by isolating your system with 3rd parties
• Able to simulate diversed scenarios to test how your system handles responses

Structure

• sdk: TypeScript SDK to build and submit stubs to Rio remote server
• example: Examples for using Postman or SDK in JavaScript/TypeScript
• server: A sample test target API
• docker: A docker-compose example to deploy Rio