Jason Server

Get a full fake REST API

Table of contents

• Jason Server
  • Getting started
  • Routes
    • Singular Routes
    • Plural Routes
    • Filter
    • Pagination
    • Sorting
    • Database
  • Extras
    • Alternative Host
    • Alternative Port
    • CLI Usage

Getting started

Install Jason Server

pip3 install jason-server

Create a db.json file with some data

{
  "articles": [
    { "id": 1, "title": "jason-server", "author": "1" },
    { "id": 2, "title": "jason-routes", "author": "1" }
  ],
  "authors": [
    { "id": 1, "name": "bob"}
  ]
}

Start JSON Server

jason-server watch db.json

Now if you go to http://localhost:8080/articles, you'll get

{ "id": 1, "title": "jason-server", "author": "1" },
{ "id": 2, "title": "jason-routes", "author": "1" }

Routes

Singular Routes

GET /authors

Plural Routes

GET /authors
GET /authors/1

Filter

GET /articles?title=title&author=eminem

Pagination

Use _page and _limit to paginate data.

In the Link header you'll get first, prev, next and last links.

GET /articles?_page=2
GET /articles?_page=3&_limit=15

Sorting

Use _sort and _order (defaults order: asccendant)

GET /persons?_sort=age
GET /persons?_sort=name&_order=desc

Database

GET /db

Extras

Alternative Host

You can start JSON Server on other host with the --host flag:

$ json-server --host "0.0.0.0" watch db.json

Default: localhost

Alternative Port

You can start JSON Server on other ports with the --port flag:

$ json-server --port 8100 watch db.json

Default: 8080

CLI Usage

Usage: jason-server [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  -h, --host TEXT     Host adress
  -p, --port INTEGER  Port
  -q, --quiet
  --version           Show the version and exit.
  --help              Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  watch  Run your database as REST Api

Credits

• json-server
• sandman

License

The code is available under the MIT license.