A hosted mock server, running close to your team
Mockzilla runs the mock server for you, on a stable URL, in a region near the people and the CI jobs that call it.
- A URL that does not move
- Multi-region hosting
- Nothing to run locally
- API key or team only
What does hosted actually mean here?
You do not run anything. No binary to start, no container to keep alive, no port to argue over. You get an address, and it answers.
Your mock server is assigned a region the first time it is provisioned and stays in it. Requests are routed to the region it lives in, so the latency your team sees is steady instead of depending on who is calling from where.
A mock on your laptop helps you and nobody else
The moment a second person needs the same API, a local mock stops being useful. Your designer cannot reach it, CI cannot reach it, and the contractor who joined this morning certainly cannot.
The usual answer is to commit a fixture instead. It holds until the spec changes, and then it is wrong and nothing says so.
One stable URL
The address survives a spec change, a redeploy and a new branch. Put it in a configuration file once and stop thinking about it.
Runs where your team is
Your mock server runs in a region near your team. That keeps the round trip short for the people calling it.
Access on your terms
Keep it to your team. Put an API key in front of it. Send a share link to someone outside your team.
Questions
- Can I choose the region?
- You can choose the area. On a paid plan it is an account setting, and on the free plan the first push can carry a preference. Within that area the least busy region is picked for you.
- Can I use my own domain?
- Yes, on the plans that include it. Your mock server answers under a domain of yours instead of the shared one, and we set it up with you.
- Do I have to run anything myself?
- No. Mockzilla runs it. If you want to run it yourself anyway, the engine is MIT licensed and takes the same spec, so a local run behaves like the hosted one.
Bring a spec. Get a mock server.
It costs nothing to start. Dedicated infrastructure when you need it.