Nginx as middleware: quick patch, no backend needed

Anton Dolganin

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Need to return a test JSON, mock response, or block an annoying callback — but don't want to touch the backend?

location = /fake-api {
    default_type application/json;
    return 200 '{"status":"ok","debug":true}';
}

No proxying, no controller, no mock server. Just Nginx. I use this for local testing, quick stubs, or when frontend’s ready and backend’s not.