CSV

Chimera supports CSV files as input to define mock API routes and auto-generate data.

• Directoryproject/

  • data.csv

Run chimera with data.csv

chimera-cli --path data.csv http

This runs chimera-cli as a mock http server at port 8080 using data.csv

Sample data.csv

path,no_of_entries,null_percentage,schema
api/users,100,5,"{""id"":""id"",""name"":""name"",""email"":""string"",""active"":""boolean""}"
api/products,50,10,"{""id"":""id"",""sku"":""string"",""price"":""integer"",""in_stock"":""boolean""}"

Here

• path: Name of the route
• no_of_entries: Number of mock entries to generate
• null_percentage: Percentage of fields and rows to be randomly set as null
• schema: Define fields and their data type

Supported Placeholders for Schema

	Placeholder	Description
	name	Random name
	id	Random number
	integer	Random number
	date	Date in DD-MM-YYYY format
	datetime	Date in DD-MM-YYYYTHH:MM:SS format
	lorem	Random text
	string	Random word
	boolean	Random boolean value