passivsystems
Use input as output for out-the-box sim
If an input placeholder also appears as output placeholder, should out the box sim default to returning it?
For example, I have a query parameter which also appears in the response Location header. I have created a sim to do this, since the default behaviour is to ignore the input value, and generate a random response value.
Can we make the assumption that the param means the same in both places ? Is it possible it could mean something different in the response ?
It's possible - but since we can always override with a sim, we should support the most probable.
Another example case could be including the resource id in the response that is used in the get url.
OK sounds sensible the former... trying to imagine the latter... but presumably this is a use case affecting you somehow so a sensible default behaviour would be good.