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I Built a REST API Generator in Python — So You Never Mock an Endpoint Again
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I Built a REST API Generator in Python — So You Never Mock an Endpoint Again

via Dev.to PythonDevadatta Baireddy1d ago

I Built a REST API Generator in Python — So You Never Mock an Endpoint Again You know that feeling? You're building a frontend. Your backend team is still working on the API. You need endpoints now , not in two weeks. So you spend 3 hours setting up a mock API server. Creating fake data. Writing boilerplate. Testing it. Debugging CORS errors at 2 AM. That's 3 hours you'll never get back. I got tired of it. So I built a tool that generates a complete, working REST API from a JSON schema in seconds. The Problem (That Nobody Wants to Admit They Have) Developers like to pretend everything is "planned." We talk about proper API design, contract-first development, and specification-driven architecture. In reality? Most of us are just winging it. Frontend teams need data structures. Backend teams aren't ready. QA needs something to test against. Nobody wants to wait. Current solutions suck: Postman — Overkill. Pay $20/month for mocking features. JSON Server — Works, but you have to set it up

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