Map Local & Map Remote

Map Local and Map Remote allow you to transparently route network requests to local files on your desktop machine or map API domains to alternative remote staging environments.

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1. Map Local (Serve Local Files as API Responses)

Map Local routes matching HTTP/HTTPS API requests directly to static files stored on your local hard drive (e.g. JSON files, images, HTML documents).

How to Configure Map Local:

1. Open Trafexia Desktop -> Go to Rules & Mocking -> Select Map Local.
2. Click Add Map Local Rule.
3. Specify the Target URL pattern (e.g. https://api.example.com/v1/config).
4. Select a local file path (e.g. /Users/dev/mocks/config.json).
5. Save and enable the rule.

When your mobile app requests https://api.example.com/v1/config, Trafexia will instantly respond with the contents of your local config.json file.

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2. Map Remote (Transparent Domain & Path Mapping)

Map Remote redirects requests from one server destination to another destination transparently, modifying the Request Host, Scheme, or Path on the fly.

How to Configure Map Remote:

1. Open Trafexia Desktop -> Go to Rules & Mocking -> Select Map Remote.
2. Click Add Map Remote Rule.
3. Configure Source Match:
   • Host: api.production.com
   • Path: /v1/*
4. Configure Destination Redirection:
   • Host: api.staging-internal.dev
   • Protocol: https
   • Port: 443
5. Save and enable the rule.

Mobile traffic intended for production will automatically be routed to your internal staging API server without rebuilding the mobile binary.