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Example to create beautiful REST API docs in Markdown, inspired by Swagger API docs.
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Creating new/overwriting existing stubs & proxy configs

POST / (overwrites all in-memory stub and/or proxy-config)
Parameters
name type data type description
None required object (JSON or YAML) N/A
Responses
http code content-type response
201 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Configuration created successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
405 text/html;charset=utf-8 None
Example cURL
 curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @post.json http://localhost:8889/

Listing existing stubs & proxy configs as YAML string

GET / (gets all in-memory stub & proxy configs)
Parameters

None

Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 YAML string
Example cURL
 curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/
GET /{stub_numeric_id} (gets stub by its resource-id-{stub_numeric_id} in the YAML config)
Parameters
name type data type description
stub_numeric_id required int ($int64) The specific stub numeric id
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 YAML string
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/0
GET /{uuid} (gets stub by its defined uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific stub unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 YAML string
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/some-unique-uuid-string
GET /proxy-config/default (gets default proxy-config)
Parameters

None

Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 YAML string
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/proxy-config/default
GET /proxy-config/{uuid} (gets proxy config by its uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific proxy config unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 YAML string
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/proxy-config/some-unique-uuid-string

Updating existing stubs & proxy configs

PUT /{stub_numeric_id} (updates stub by its resource-id-{stub_numeric_id} in the config)
Parameters
name type data type description
stub_numeric_id required int ($int64) The specific stub numeric id
Responses
http code content-type response
201 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Stub request index#<stub_numeric_id> updated successfully"
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
405 text/html;charset=utf-8 None
Example cURL
 curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @put.json http://localhost:8889/0
PUT /{uuid} (updates stub by its defined uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific stub unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
201 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Stub request uuid#<uuid> updated successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
405 text/html;charset=utf-8 None
Example cURL
 curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @put.json http://localhost:8889/some-unique-uuid-string
PUT /proxy-config/default (updates default proxy-config)
Parameters

None

Responses
http code content-type response
201 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Proxy config uuid#default updated successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
405 text/html;charset=utf-8 None
Example cURL
 curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @put.json http://localhost:8889/proxy-config/default
PUT /proxy-config/{uuid} (updates proxy-config by its uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific proxy config unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
201 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Proxy config uuid#<uuid> updated successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
405 text/html;charset=utf-8 None
Example cURL
 curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @put.json http://localhost:8889/proxy-config/some-unique-uuid-string

Deleting existing stubs & proxy configs

DELETE / (deletes all in-memory stub & proxy configs)
Parameters

None

Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 All in-memory YAML config was deleted successfully
Example cURL
 curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/
DELETE /{stub_numeric_id} (deletes stub by its resource-id-{stub_numeric_id} in the config)
Parameters
name type data type description
stub_numeric_id required int ($int64) The specific stub numeric id
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Stub request index#<stub_numeric_id> deleted successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/0
DELETE /{uuid} (updates stub by its defined uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific stub unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Stub request uuid#<uuid> deleted successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/some-unique-uuid-string
DELETE /proxy-config/{uuid} (deletes proxy-config by its uuid property)
Parameters
name type data type description
uuid required string The specific proxy config unique idendifier
Responses
http code content-type response
200 text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Proxy config uuid#<uuid> deleted successfully
400 application/json {"code":"400","message":"Bad Request"}
Example cURL
 curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8889/proxy-config/some-unique-uuid-string
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