Catcher Server

Minimal server that accepts any request to any endpoint and logs the HTTP method/verb, endpoint and body payload received.

The server always responds with a 200 OK response, and logs to the console the information about the request.

Quick start

0. Clone this repository

Navigate to the folder you wish to have the repo on.

Clone it:

git clone git@github.com:ceccon-t/catcher-server.git

Enter the cloned folder:

cd catcher-server

1. Create and activate a virtual environment (optional, but strongly recommended)

Create virtual environment:

python3 -m venv env

Activate it:

source env/bin/activate

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server

Using the default port (9999):

python server.py

Optionally, you can use a custom port:

PORT=8000 python server.py

Examples

Simple GET request:

curl "http://localhost:9999/some/endpoint?a=b"

POST with a payload:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:9999/api/v1/something?id=1" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"hello": "world"}'

Usage

See LICENSE.

You are free to use this project without paying me anything.

But, if you do, you are morally obliged to go read The Catcher In The Rye.