Summary

In this chapter, I have walked you through a lot of details related to using mock servers in Postman. You saw how to set up a mock server in Postman, but we didn't stop there. I then showed you how to create useful mock responses using examples. I walked you through how to use the default examples that Postman creates for you when you create a mock server from a specification file. I also helped you to learn how to create custom examples that do exactly what you need them to do. I then showed you some powerful options that you can use in these examples including things such as dynamic variables and responses that are specific to URL parameters. I also made sure that you understood how Postman finds the examples that it will respond with so that you can be sure that you will get back the response you are looking for when you make a request to a mock server.

After showing you how to create a mock server that gives back good responses, I dove into the different ways that...