This a **very simple** dummy-http-server. It accepts any http connection with any http-method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and prints detailed information about this request to STDOUT.
npm install dummy-http-server
npx dummy-http-server
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This a very simple dummy-http-server. It accepts any http connection with any http-method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and prints detailed information about this request to STDOUT:
* Timestamp
* HTTP-Method
* HTTP-Version
* Requested URL
* Headers
* Body
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* Development of any client-application which accesses a server.
* Especially: debugging of your client requests if you are developing against an API which you do not control.
* Example: the api-server does not accept your request and you want to debug the conneciton. Therefore you just want to see what your client is sending to the server.
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* KISS (keep it stupid simple)
* No dependencies (only the built-in node:http module is used)
* Simple usage
* No extras
* Open source
Usage
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npx dummy-http-server
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Default configuration:
* Listens on port 8080 on localhost
* Sends response back to client with content-type = 'text/html', body = 'OK', status-code = 200
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#### Command line options
* --content-type: content-type of the response to the client
* --response: body of the response to the client
* --response-status: HTTP status of the response to the client
* --port: port of the listening server
* --hostname: hostname of the listening server\n
#### Sending a custom respsonse
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npx dummy-http-server --content-type=application/json --response="{\"myMessage\": \"hello\", \"myStatusCode\": \"1234\"}" --response-status=201
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#### Using a custom hostname and port
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npx dummy-http-server --port=7000 --hostname=myHostname
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#### Making the server accessible from the outside (LAN, internet):
Make sure to set the hostname accordingly.
* Step 1: Get your local IP-address (on windows i.e. use ipconfig).
* Step 2: Set your IP-address as the hostname (example: your local IP-address is 192.168.5.100): npx dummy-http-server --port=7000 --hostname=192.168.5.100
* Step 3: If you want to make the server accessible via the internet, configure your router and firewall (i.e. with a port forwarding)
Competitors
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nc -l -p 12345
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Disadvantage: Will not send any response to the client & only works on linux (MacOS?)
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while true; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n' | nc -Nl 8000; done
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