Mock API reference

Fabricate's Mock API syntax is inspired by Express.

Routes

To declare routes, use the api object:

api
    .get('/users', (req, res, { db }) => {
        // List the first 10 users
        const users = db.query('SELECT * FROM users limit 10');
        res.json(users)  })

To create a full API, chain multiple routes together:

api
  .get('/users', (req, res, { db }) => {
     // ...
  })
  .get('/users/:id', (req, res, { db }) => {
    // ... 
  })

The api object supports the following methods:

• get

• post

• put

• delete

• all

Note, however, that database snapshots are currently read-only.

Calling the API

Your API is available at:

https://fabricate.tonic.ai/api/v1/workspaces/<user name>/databases/<database name>/api

Routes are defined under this route path. So for example, to call the '/users' route, you use the following URL:

https://fabricate.tonic.ai/api/v1/workspaces/<user name>/databases/<database name>/api/users

Authentication

To authenticate your requests, send an Authorization header with the value:

Bearer <your API key>

For information on how to create and manage API keys, go to Managing Fabricate API keys.

Request format

The request object contains the following properties:

• body - the request body as a string

• headers - the request headers as an object

• method - the request method

• params - the request path parameters as an object

• path - the request path (excluding the base URL /api/v1/databases/<database_name>/api)

• query - the request query parameters as an object

To access query parameters, use the req.query object. To change the response status, use the res.status(code) method:

api.get('/users/:id', (req, res, { db }) => {
   const id = req.params.id
   
   const user = db.query(
     'SELECT * FROM users where id = ?',
     id
   )[0]

  if (!user) {
    res.status(404).json({ error: 'User not found' })
  } else {
    res.json(user)
  }
})

Responses

JSON response

To send a JSON response, use the res.json method:

api.get('/hello-world', (req, res, { db }) => {
  res.json({ message: 'Hello, world!' })
})

Plain text response

To send a plain text response, use the res.send method:

api.get('/hello-world', (req, res, { db }) => {
  res.send('Hello, world!')
})

Set response headers

To set response headers, use the res.setHeader method:

api.get('/hello-world', (req, res, { db }) => {
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
  res.send('Hello, world!')
})

Set multiple response headers

To set multiple headers, use the res.set method:

api.get('/hello-world', (req, res, { db }) => {
  res.set({
    'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
    'X-Powered-By': 'Fabricate'
  })
  res.send('Hello, world!')
})

Querying your database snapshot

To query your database snapshot, use the db.query method:

api.get('/users/:id', (req, res, { db }) => {
  const id = req.params.id
  const user = db.query('SELECT * FROM users where id = ?', id)[0]
  res.json(user)
})

Modifying your database snapshot

To modify your database snapshot, use the db.run method:

api.patch('/users/:id', (req, res, { db }) => {
  const id = req.params.id
  const { name, email } = req.body // The request body is automatically parsed as
                                   // JSON if the Content-Type request header is 
                                   //"application/json"
  db.run('UPDATE users SET name = ?, email = ? where id = ?', [name, email, id])
  res.status(200)
})

The db.run method returns an object with:

{
  changes: number, // The number of rows affected by the operation
  lastID: number // The last inserted row ID (only for insert operations)
}

Generating UUIDs

To generate a new UUID, use the fab_uuid() function. For example:

api.get('/users', (req, res, { db }) => {
  const id = db.run('insert into users(id) values (fab_uuid())')[0]
  res.json({ id: id })
})