mockAPI Resource

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mockapi/main/json-schema/mockapi-resource-schema.json",
  "title": "mockAPI Resource",
  "description": "Schema describing a mockAPI.io resource definition. Captures the resource name, fields, relationships, and seed configuration so a portable definition can be replayed in mockAPI or another mock platform.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["name", "fields"],
  "properties": {
    "id": { "type": "string" },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Resource name. Used to derive REST paths (e.g., /users)."
    },
    "description": { "type": "string" },
    "fields": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["name", "type"],
        "properties": {
          "name": { "type": "string" },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["string", "integer", "number", "boolean", "object", "array", "datetime", "uuid", "faker"]
          },
          "faker": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Faker.js expression used to generate seed values (e.g., name.firstName)."
          },
          "required": { "type": "boolean", "default": false },
          "default": {},
          "description": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["resource", "type"],
        "properties": {
          "resource": { "type": "string" },
          "type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["hasOne", "hasMany", "belongsTo"] }
        }
      }
    },
    "seedCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Number of records to generate when the resource is provisioned."
    },
    "endpoints": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["method", "path"],
        "properties": {
          "method": { "type": "string", "enum": ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"] },
          "path": { "type": "string" },
          "responseCode": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 100, "maximum": 599 },
          "delayMs": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}