How to stubI backend API calls with webpack dev-server

stub_api_calls_with_webpack_dev_server.md

How to stub backend API calls with webpack-dev-server

Add the following to webpack dev server configuration

devServer: {
  setup: function(app) {
     app.get('/some/path', function(req, res) {
       res.json({ custom: 'response' });
     });
  },
}

Result

When a request is emitted from the JS app to /some/path API URI, you get the custom response instead of HTTP 404 response

Notes:

The 'setup' setting provides access to the Express web framework allowing server routes configuration