Creating and exporting a simulation

Note

If you are running Hoverfly on a machine that accesses the internet via a proxy (for example if you are on a corporate network), please follow the Using Hoverfly behind a proxy tutorial before proceeding.

Start Hoverfly and set it to Capture mode

hoverctl start
hoverctl mode capture

Make a request with cURL, using Hoverfly as a proxy server:

curl --proxy http://localhost:8500 http://time.jsontest.com

View the Hoverfly logs

hoverctl logs

Export the simulation to a JSON file

hoverctl export simulation.json

Stop hoverfly

hoverctl stop

You’ll now see a simulation.json file in your current working directory, which contains all your simulation data.

In case you are curious, the sequence diagram for this process looks like this: