🚀 APIFlow Studio

The Lightweight, Schema-Driven API Testing Studio, Contract Simulator & Mock Runner
Zero Backend Required • Pure Client-Side Simulation • OpenAPI 3.1 & Postman 2.1 Ready • Self-Hostable on Spare Phone or PC

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⚡ Quick Start

# 1. Start fullstack production server (serves frontend + CORS proxy on port 5000)
cd "d:\projects\fake api testing\apiflow-studio"
node backend/server.js

# 2. Open in browser
# http://localhost:5000

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📚 Complete Documentation Suite

All detailed guides and manuals are located in the docs/ directory:

• 📖 What is APIFlow Studio? — Product vision, problems solved, and comparison against Postman, Insomnia, and Mockoon.
• ⚡ Product Guide & Specifications — Deep-dive architecture, Faker heuristics engine, 7 HTTP status schemas, and IndexedDB design.
• 🖥️ User Interface Guide — 3-pane layout tour, navigation, shortcuts, and theme design tokens.
• 📘 User Manual — Comprehensive operation guide for managing collections, headers, bodies, environments, and mock scenarios.
• 🎓 Step-by-Step Tutorials — 4 practical walkthroughs from rapid UI prototyping to Postman migration and contract hand-off.
• 📱 Deployment & Phone Hosting Guide — Local PC deployment and 24/7 zero-cost hosting on an old Android phone via Termux and StackDoctor.

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🌟 Key Features

• 100% In-Browser Mocking: Simulate 200, 201, 400, 401, 403, 404, and 500 HTTP status codes with realistic latency and RFC headers.
• Faker Heuristics: Auto-generates names, UUIDs, JWT tokens, timestamps, and realistic enterprise mock payloads.
• Dual Execution: Instant local mock simulation or real network calls via local CORS bypass proxy.
• Contract Portability: Export and import official OpenAPI 3.1.0 and Postman Collection v2.1 JSON files.
• Local Persistence: Stores everything in browser IndexedDB (Dexie.js) — zero cloud tracking.
• 1-Click Code Generation: Production-ready cURL, TypeScript Fetch, Axios, and Python requests snippets.