itissandeep98/JSON-Server

Simple JSON server to fetch data without needing to set up any database

1. Table of Contents

• 1. Table of Contents
  • 1.1. Description
  • 1.2. Setup
  • 1.3. Usage
    • 1.3.1. Example
  • 1.4. PS

1.1. Description

Its a simple Json server to fetch data without needing to setup any database and calling it via various API. Just store all data in a db.json file and upload it to any github repo.

1.2. Setup

1. Clone this repo to your local machine
2. Install pipenv
3. Run pipenv install to install all the required dependencies
4. Run python3 run.py to start the flask server

1.3. Usage

1. Create a db.json file in your repository which stores all your data in json format
2. Now you can fetch data from that file using this url https://jsonserver-f.herokuapp.com/{username}/{reponame}

1.3.1. Example

• repo: https://github.com/itissandeep98/ReactTest
• link: https://jsonserver-f.herokuapp.com/itissandeep98/ReactTest/
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1.4. PS

• There are other api also which does the same or even better work than this but they all come with a limitation of size or requirement of login into their site.
• Currently it only accepts GET requests.
• feel free to open any issue or Pull request