Creating FAKE REST API using the json-server npm package

1. Run npm init command to create a package.json file.
2. Run npm i json-server command to download the json-server package.
3. Update package.json

   "scripts": {
   "start:server": "json-server --watch students.json"
   },

4. Use npm run start:server command to run Fake Api.

Request examples:

• Get all students - GET : http://localhost:3000/students
• Get a student with id - GET : http://localhost:3000/students/:student_id
• Students - Department relation - GET : http://localhost:3000/students?\_expand=department
• Add a student - POST : http://localhost:3000/students
• Update a student - PATCH(PUT) : http://localhost:3000/students/:student_id
• Delete a student - DELETE : http://localhost:3000/students/:student_id

We may need dummy or fake APIs

• to test an application with a ready frontend.
• to create a prototype for a backend work we are considering.
• to make requests for different HTTP methods on an API platform like Postman.