What is a Mock Server?

A mock server is a dummy server just like a dummy actor. The mock server imitates the real server, it will work exactly like we have deployed our service on any server.

1. They are mainly used at the start of the development phase when the front end asks for the API for building and checking the behavior of the site but the backend work remains.
2. At that point, we will create a mock server in which we will add all the endpoints that are required and they will give the response based on the request. This helps to faster development and both teams can work concurrently.
3. Mock servers will contain request and their response when the client gives the request to the server it will match it with the fed request and if the server finds any request the same as the given one then the respective response is delivered to the client.

Postman is an open-source platform that we are using for managing the API in the project. It is the interface that both backend and frontend developers use for different work. We can manage our APIs using Postman Collections, we can perform different tests using the Pre-request or Tests in the request. Similarly in the early stage of software development, it is difficult to share the API between different teams and there we can use Mock Server.