mirror-server

A simple server for mirroring HTTP requests for testing. It is optimized for working with REST API JSON calls, and catching headers.

Getting Started

• Use the latest stable version of Rust using rustup.
• Build: cargo build
• Test: cargo test
• Run the server: cargo run -- --port=8080
• Create a DEB package:
  • Install cargo-deb: cargo install cargo-deb
  • Create the DEB package: cargo deb
• Faster builds using cargo-watch: cargo watch -x run
• Installing the binary locally from source: cargo install --path .

Install

mirror-server is installable either by a local Cargo install or a Debian package. Additionally mirror-server can be run as a Docker container using the latest (or tagged) release.

Docker Image

Run via Docker using:

$ docker run -p 8080:8080 code.birch-tree.net/dorian/mirror-server:latest

Debian Package

Download the DEB file, and install it:

VERSION=0.3.0
REPO_URL=https://code.birch-tree.net/api/packages/dorian/generic/mirror-server/
curl "${REPO_URL}/${VERSION}/mirror-server_${VERSION}_amd64.deb"
sudo dpkg -i "mirror-server-${VERSION}_amd64.deb"

Afterward you can run using mirror-server

Usage

You can get all the options that mirror-server supports by running it with the help option --help or -h:

$ mirror-server --help
A simple server for mirror HTTP requests for testing.

Usage: mirror-server [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --port <PORT>  Port to run on [default: 8080]
  -i, --ips <IPS>    Listen to IP mask [default: 0.0.0.0]
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

After starting the server, you can send requests to it. Using curl you can send mirror-server JSON requests:

$ curl -s -X PUT -D '{"hello": "world"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     http://localhost:8080/api/testing | jq .

And mirror-server responds to requests with JSON responses:

{
  "method": "PUT",
  "path": "/api/testing",
  "host": "localhost:8180",
  "headers": {
    "accept": "*/*",
    "content-length": "18",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "host": "localhost:8080",
    "user-agent": "curl/7.68.0"
  },
  "body": {
    "hello": "world"
  }
}