Boost Front‑End Prototyping with FakeAPI: Instant Mock Data Generation

FakeAPI Overview

FakeAPI is a tool that generates mock data via an API, helping front‑end developers who need large amounts of data during application development and prototyping.

FakeAPI URLs

https://fakeapi.tk/

https://fakedataapi.vercel.app/

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/amalshaji/fakeapi

How FakeAPI Works

FakeAPI is built with FastAPI and uses the Faker library to generate data. The API supports all data types.

Endpoints

[GET] /api/types – Returns all supported data types.

[POST] /api/ – Accepts a JSON payload where each key is an identifier and each value specifies a data type; the service returns generated mock data matching the payload.

Example payload:

{
    "name": "name"
}

Resulting mock data:

{
    "name": "Amal Shaji"
}

Supported Payloads

FakeAPI can handle simple key‑value payloads as well as complex nested JSON structures, allowing you to define arrays, objects, and repeated data blocks.

You can use the repeat keyword to duplicate any data block up to ten times; the key inside the repeated block becomes n for each generated item.

The data generation is recursive: when the function encounters a dict, it calls itself to resolve nested structures.

Deployment

Local Docker Deployment

git clone https://github.com/amalshaji/fakeapi
cd fakeapi
docker build -t fakeapi .
docker run -p 8000:8000 fakeapi

After deployment, visit http://localhost:8000/api/types to see all supported data types and start testing with your preferred API client.