Configure mockoon with a seed to always return the same random data between requests

Question

Although I am using faker to generate random data I would like the responses of a given endpoint to be the same on every request.

I noticed the general settings have an input text for setting a seed but does nothing regarding what I am aiming at.

Answer 1

Faker.js seeding is not always generating the same information. Instead, it will always generate the same sequence. I'm not sure it's documented on Faker.js' website, but I added this to Mockoon's documentation. If you want the answer to always be the same you can either:

• use the inline body with "static" data (without templating), something like:

  {
    "username": "john"
  }
  

• use the data buckets feature as they are only generated once when the server starts.