json-server allows you to rapidly create a REST API server that delivers JSON data.
json-server is a tool written in nodejs that allows you to rapidly create a server that when started up, delivers json data via a rest API.
You can use json-server for rapid prototyping and mocking out other REST API services.
Supply a JSON file to describes the JSON data and the API that will deliver it and json-server will start up a server that provides that data via a REST API
Source Code and further documentation https://github.com/typicode/json-server
Installation npm install json-server
Egghead Video (free) Nodejs: Creating demo apis with json-server