mocksock

To get setup, clone this repository and npm install.

Run a server locally using node server.js.

Now, you'll need a client connection using socket.io.

For example:

const socket = io("https://mocksock.herokuapp.com") // http://localhost:8080
socket.on("templateList", console.log)
socket.on("deviceConnected", data => {
  doSomethingWithThis(data)  // make magic happen
})

You can write your own templates and export them in templates/index.js. I've included one sample template called deviceConnected. It can be used like so:

const options = {
  template: "deviceConnected",
  frequency: {
    leaseMinutes: 2,
    mean: 1,
    dev: 0.3
  }
}
socket.emit("openStream", options)

The server will broadcast to your connection for the data generated by the deviceConnected template for two minutes, with a normally distributed frequency with mean 1 (second) and stddev of 0.3 (seconds).

One more example:

const options = {
  template: "deviceConnected",
  frequency: {
    leaseMinutes: 10,
    type: "static",
    intervalSeconds: 20
  }
}
socket.emit("openStream", options)

ie. Broadcast data every 20 seconds for 10 minutes.

I've included chance.js because I like it, faker.js is also an option, or this could be extended to support custom templates via an http server and a POST request or similar socket communication.