A project is typically developed by multiple partners who work together toward a specific goal. The interdependence among various stakeholders often restricts individual members during the process, and misunderstandings may affect the development process or even delay the project schedule. Mock can be used early in the project development cycle to simulate activities and project results. This can greatly reduce miscommunication and misunderstanding among team members in the project development and greatly improve the development efficiency. API Gateway allows you to use Mock as the backend service of an API operation, which requires simple configurations.

Configure Mock

In the Define API Backend Service step of the Create API wizard, set Backend Service Type to Mock and complete relevant configurations.

1. Specify a Mock response

Enter a response in the Mock Result field. The response will be returned for all requests for the current API operation. You can specify a Mock response in various formats, including JSON, XML, and text. The following code snippet is a sample of a Mock response: 

{
    "result": {
        "title": " Mock test for API Gateway",
        ...
    }
}

After you create an API operation that uses Mock as the backend service, you can publish the API operation to the test or production environment. You can also go to the debugging page to debug the API operation.

2. Specify the HTTP status code

The following table lists the valid HTTP status codes. HTTP/1.1 status codes are supported. If you enter a code that is not in the following table, a message appears in red next to the HTTP Status Code field, indicating that the code you entered is invalid.

HTTP status code HTTP message
200 OK
201 Created
202 Accepted
203 Non-Authoritative Information
204 No Content
205 Reset Content
206 Partial Content
300 Multiple Choices
301 Moved Permanently
302 Found
303 See Other
304 Not Modified
305 Use Proxy
306 (Unused)
307 Temporary Redirect
400 Bad Request
401 Unauthorized
402 Payment Required
403 Forbidden
404 Not Found
405 Method Not Allowed
406 Not Acceptable
407 Proxy Authentication Required
408 Request Timeout
409 Conflict
410 Gone
411 Length Required
412 Precondition Failed
413 Request Entity Too Large
414 Request-URI Too Long
415 Unsupported Media Type
416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
417 Expectation Failed
450 Parameter Required
451 Method Connect Exception
500 Internal Server Error
501 Not Implemented
502 Bad Gateway
503 Service Unavailable
504 Gateway Timeout
505 HTTP Version Not Supported

3. Specify Mock header fields

API Gateway supports custom Mock header fields and duplicate header field names. A header field name cannot be empty and can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The value of a header field cannot be empty.

Remove Mock

To remove Mock as the backend service of an API operation, you only need to configure a different backend service for the API operation. The configurations of Mock will be retained, so that you can still switch to Mock if needed. After you change the backend service of the API operation, the change takes effect only after you publish the API operation.