Hi, is there a way to mock external api that app c...
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naren
01/15/2025, 5:01 PMHi, is there a way to mock external api that app calls with standalone using JSON ?
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Iwan
01/15/2025, 8:51 PMYes, but you would need to manipulate your host file to point to the IP address of the server you're running the standalone WireMock. On Windows that would be through the hosts file.
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naren
01/15/2025, 9:18 PMnot sure how is it possible to do it when you deploy app to cloud, but is there a way to do it with json request and response ?
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Iwan
01/15/2025, 9:19 PMYou mean running your app in the cloud and then have it from there be mocked?
Iwan
01/15/2025, 9:21 PMYou can run WireMock in a container and have it configured using JSON config file.
You challenge will be to have the endpoint route to your WireMock instance
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naren
01/15/2025, 9:21 PMI mean mock the external api that app calls with json request response
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Iwan
01/15/2025, 9:25 PMYes, deploy WireMock as a container and route your request to that container. You could do that by deploying a DNS and manipulate that.
Easier would be if you can use change the endpoint in your application directly, do your testing and change to the real thing when you're done.
But I would probably go for using a custom DNS that will route the endpoint, say api.extservice.com to your container's IP address. When all is working fine, you can change it back to the real IP
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Iwan
01/15/2025, 9:26 PMOn both Windows and Linux you can change the hosts file, which is the easiest way to handle this
Iwan
01/15/2025, 9:28 PMYou can also configure your WireMock as a proxy to the real endpoint for those requests you don't have a mock response for, just make sure that WireMock uses a different DNS or else things will go in circles 😉
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