# mockserver-client
An idiomatic Rust client for [MockServer](https://www.mock-server.com)'s control-plane REST API.
## Installation
Add to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dev-dependencies]
mockserver-client = "7.0"
```
## Quick Start
```rust
use mockserver_client::{ClientBuilder, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, VerificationTimes};
fn main() -> mockserver_client::Result<()> {
let client = ClientBuilder::new("localhost", 1080).build()?;
// Create an expectation
client.when(HttpRequest::new().method("GET").path("/hello"))
.respond(HttpResponse::new().status_code(200).body("world"))?;
// Verify the request was received
client.verify(
HttpRequest::new().path("/hello"),
VerificationTimes::at_least(1),
)?;
// Reset all expectations
client.reset()?;
Ok(())
}
```
## Features
- **Fluent builder API** — `client.when(request).respond(response)`
- **Response, Forward, and Error actions** — full MVP control-plane coverage
- **Verification** — `verify` (count-based) and `verify_sequence` (order-based)
- **Retrieve** — recorded requests, active expectations, recorded expectations, logs
- **Clear / Reset** — by request matcher, by expectation ID, or full reset
- **Status / Bind** — query ports, bind additional ports
- **Blocking (synchronous)** — uses `reqwest` blocking client; no async runtime needed
- **TLS support** — optional HTTPS with configurable certificate verification
## API Overview
```rust
use mockserver_client::*;
let client = ClientBuilder::new("localhost", 1080).build().unwrap();
// Fluent expectation creation
client.when(HttpRequest::new().method("POST").path("/api/users"))
.times(Times::exactly(3))
.respond(HttpResponse::new()
.status_code(201)
.header("Location", "/api/users/1")
.body(r#"{"id": 1}"#))?;
// Forward action
client.when(HttpRequest::new().path("/proxy"))
.forward(HttpForward::new("backend.local", 8080).scheme("HTTP"))?;
// Verify
client.verify(
HttpRequest::new().method("POST").path("/api/users"),
VerificationTimes::between(1, 3),
)?;
// Verify sequence
client.verify_sequence(vec![
HttpRequest::new().path("/first"),
HttpRequest::new().path("/second"),
])?;
// Clear by request matcher
client.clear(
Some(&HttpRequest::new().path("/api/users")),
Some(ClearType::Expectations),
)?;
// Clear by ID
client.clear_by_id("my-expectation-id", None)?;
// Retrieve recorded requests
let requests = client.retrieve_recorded_requests(None)?;
// Retrieve active expectations
let expectations = client.retrieve_active_expectations(None)?;
// Server status
let ports = client.status()?;
println!("Listening on: {:?}", ports.ports);
// Reset everything
client.reset()?;
```
### Interactive Breakpoints
Register breakpoint matchers to pause forwarded/proxied traffic at REQUEST, RESPONSE, RESPONSE_STREAM, or INBOUND_STREAM phases. A callback WebSocket connection is opened automatically.
```rust
use mockserver_client::*;
let client = ClientBuilder::new("localhost", 1080).build()?;
// REQUEST-only breakpoint
let id = client.add_request_breakpoint(
HttpRequest::new().path("/api/.*"),
Box::new(|req| Some(req)), // continue with original
)?;
// REQUEST + RESPONSE breakpoint
let id2 = client.add_request_response_breakpoint(
HttpRequest::new().path("/api/.*"),
Box::new(|req| Some(req)),
Box::new(|_req, resp| Some(resp)),
)?;
// Streaming breakpoint
let id3 = client.add_stream_breakpoint(
HttpRequest::new().path("/stream/.*"),
&[phase::RESPONSE_STREAM],
Box::new(|frame| {
Some(StreamFrameDecision::continue_frame(&frame.correlation_id))
}),
)?;
// Manage matchers
let list = client.list_breakpoint_matchers()?;
client.remove_breakpoint_matcher(&id)?;
client.clear_breakpoint_matchers()?;
client.close_breakpoint_websocket();
```
**Stream frame decisions:** `StreamFrameDecision::continue_frame`, `::modify`, `::drop_frame`, `::inject`, `::close`.
## Start / Launch MockServer
The Rust client can download and launch a local MockServer instance directly -- no Java installation and no Docker required. The launcher downloads a self-contained platform bundle (`mockserver-<version>-<os>-<arch>`) from the GitHub Release, verifies its SHA-256, caches it per-user, and starts it.
### Quick start
```rust
use mockserver_client::launcher;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let mut handle = launcher::start(1080)?;
println!("MockServer running on port {}", handle.port());
// ... use MockServer ...
handle.stop()?;
Ok(())
}
```
### Just ensure the binary is present
```rust
let launcher_path = launcher::ensure_launcher()?;
println!("Launcher at: {}", launcher_path.display());
```
### Specify a version
```rust
let mut handle = launcher::start_with_version(
"7.0.0", 1080, &launcher::EnsureOptions::default()
)?;
```
### API reference
| `launcher::ensure_launcher()` | Download, verify, cache the default-version binary, and return the launcher `PathBuf`. |
| `launcher::ensure_binary(version, opts)` | Same as above, but for a specific version. |
| `launcher::start(port)` | Ensure the binary and start MockServer at the default version. Returns a `ServerHandle`. |
| `launcher::start_with_version(version, port, opts)` | Start MockServer at a specific version. Returns a `ServerHandle`. |
| `launcher::ServerHandle` | Handle to the running process. Methods: `stop()`, `wait()`, `port()`. |
| `launcher::VERSION` | The default MockServer version, derived from `Cargo.toml` at compile time via `env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")`. |
### Supported platforms
| Linux | x86_64, aarch64 |
| macOS (darwin) | x86_64, aarch64 |
| Windows | x86_64, aarch64 |
### Environment variables
| `MOCKSERVER_BINARY_BASE_URL` | Mirror host for the release assets (corporate / air-gapped networks) |
| `MOCKSERVER_BINARY_CACHE` | Override the cache directory (default: `~/.cache/mockserver/binaries` on Unix) |
| `MOCKSERVER_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD` | Fail instead of downloading (use with a pre-seeded cache in CI) |
### Version
By default the launcher downloads the MockServer version matching this crate (derived from `Cargo.toml` at compile time via `env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")`). Pass an explicit version to override.
## Building
```sh
cargo build
cargo test
cargo clippy
```
## Integration Tests
Integration tests require a running MockServer and are skipped by default:
```sh
# Start MockServer (e.g., via Docker)
docker run -d -p 1080:1080 mockserver/mockserver
# Run integration tests
MOCKSERVER_URL=http://localhost:1080 cargo test -- --ignored
```
## License
Apache-2.0