# Public Folder

## What is the public folder?

During mocking, files within the public folder will be served based on their relative file path. For example, given the following files:

* `index.html`
* `users/1.json`

GET requests for `/` and `/index.html` will map to the file `index.html` .

GET requests for `/users/1` and `/users/1.json` will map to `users/1.json`

Based on the file extension, the file will also be served with a related conten type. For example:

`/users/1` will set a response header of `Content-Type: application/json`

## Defaults

Unless otherwise specified:

* `status_code` defaults to 200
* Response header `Content-Type` will be inferred from the fixture file extension

## **Why use the public folder?**

* Quick way to mock a request in the case where a specific response is difficult to record
* Serve assets that otherwise should not be recorded