About the API Response Generator
When developing applications that consume APIs, you often need realistic mock responses to test your code against. Our API response generator creates properly formatted API responses for various data models and formats, including REST and GraphQL APIs.
This tool is ideal for:
- Frontend developers working without a completed backend
- QA engineers testing API integrations
- Prototyping new features that require API data
- Learning API concepts and response formats
- Creating documentation examples
Available Templates
Our generator includes several predefined templates for common API resources:
- User Profile/List: User account data with ID, name, email, etc.
- Product/List: Product information with pricing, description, inventory status
- Order/List: Order details with items, pricing, customer info, and status
- Blog Post/List: Post content with author, publication date, and metadata
- Comment/List: User comments with timestamps and associated content IDs
Custom Templates
You can also create custom templates using a simple placeholder syntax:
- {{id}} - Generates a random numeric ID
- {{uuid}} - Generates a random UUID
- {{name}} - Generates a random person name
- {{email}} - Generates a random email address
- {{date}} - Generates a random date (ISO format)
- {{number:min:max}} - Generates a random number in the given range
- {{boolean}} - Generates a random true/false value
- {{sentence}} - Generates a random text sentence
- {{paragraph}} - Generates a random text paragraph
- {{image:width:height}} - Generates a random image URL with specified dimensions
- {{url}} - Generates a random URL
- {{enum:value1:value2:value3}} - Randomly selects one from the provided values
Response Formats
REST API Responses: Include status codes, metadata, and data payloads in either JSON or XML format.
GraphQL Responses: Structured according to GraphQL conventions, with data and errors sections.