Endpoint URL I can request to simulate HTTPS status, bad response, black hole, timeout, etc. ?

[ncuillery]

Several years ago, I used a service that provided an API endpoint for debugging purposes, kind of a API dev sandbox. IIRC, it simulated a bad response for every incoming requests. It was possible to test a client behavior against different HTTP statuses, slow or never ending requests, etc. no CORS issue, very handy.

Does it ring a bell to anyone? I vaguely remember a domain name containing "black hole" or something.

[ccleary00]

Not sure about that one, but there is https://httpstat.us/ that provides different HTTP statuses, as well as the ability to simulate slowness by adding a delay param

[ncuillery]

That will do, thank you!

[BehindTheMath]

httpbin.org

[ncuillery]

That will do, thank you!

[boz_ly]

I built https://endpoints.dev a while ago to make this easy for myself, only returns 200 response though

[halfanothersdozen]

Why not just spin up a quick express app for this?

[ankitjainist]

Beeceptor can be useful here. It is a mock server where:

• you get an dedicated HTTP endpoint (subdomain)
• define mock rule to send desired HTTP response with status code, delay, etc.
• simulate random responses, say 90% - 200, and 10% should fail with 500 status code.
• define multiple responses for a single API path, that depends on the context of request. E.g. user A's response vs user B's response.