Generating mock data with MockJSON

Once you have mocked the HTTP call, you need to send some data in the response. You have different possibilities:

• You can hand-write the data in the responseText attribute of the $.mockjax call:

  $.mockjax({
    url: '/products',
    type: 'GET',
    dataType: 'json',
    responseTime: 750,
    responseText: ['Here I can fake the response']
  });

• You can use a function to generate the mock data:

  $.mockjax({
    url: '/products',
    type: 'GET',
    dataType: 'json',
    responseTime: 750,
    response: function(settings) {
      var fake = 'We fake the url:'+settings.url;
      this.responseText = fake;
    }
  });

• You can use a library that generates complex and random data in the response.

  This third option can be performed with a library called mockJSON. You can download it from the GitHub repository at https://github.com/mennovanslooten/mockJSON.

  This library allows you to generate data templates to create random data. This helps you to keep your fake data more realistic. You can see on...