# Getting Started
Brief introduction about Mocklets and onboarding process
Welcome to Mocklets.
While working on front-end apps(mobile/web), we all have faced issues like delayed back-end deployment and difficulty in reproducing production issues involving connectivity or some other edge cases.
Mocklets helps you to navigate through these issues with ease. Mocklets lets you create mock APIs with endpoints similar to the APIs you need from your back-end. This helps front-end developers to start their work alongside the back-end development which saves a lot of development time, also it helps in creating edge case scenarios for better application testing.
*Let's get you your first mock API.*
# Working with Collections
This page will familiarize you with the usage of Mocklets Collections.
Mocklets arranges your mock APIs into different collections. A Collection is a group of mock APIs, which consists of a unique base URL and other settings and can be shared with other users as well.
You can add mock APIs or directly import Open API Specification (formerly known as Swagger Specifications) in a collection.
Collection also lets you to setup a proxy environment, where you can set the proxy base url to which all your calls will be forwarded. *Read **Use API as Proxy** for more details**.***
Now lets see how we can create a Collections and invite our team to use it.
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[Create Collection](/working-with-collections/create-collection)
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[Invite Members](/working-with-collections/invite-members)
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These topics contains detailed insight about how to work with Mocklets Collections.
# Create Collection
To create a collection all you need is a name for your collection. Go to your dashboard, then click Create collection button, you will see the create collection dialog.
Once the collection is created, you will be redirected to its details page, where you can add your mock apis and configure you collection settings.
### Configure you collection
You can modify the collection name after you have successfully created one. You can also manage proxy settings.
Once your collection is all set, its time to invite your team members. We will see how to add your team to your collection in the next section.
# Invite Members
Once your collection is ready, its time to invite your team and get the work started. To add members, go to the collection details page, then click the **Add Member** button.
All you need to add a member is their email id. You can also assign and manage their access levels.
**Read:** Members with Read access have Read-only permissions for mock APIs and collection settings. They cannot create or modify any API and cannot update collection settings.
**Write:** Members with Write access have permission to create, update and delete APIs. Although they cannot update collection settings and invite other members.
**Admin:** Members with Admin access have all the permission as "Write" members. Also, they can update collection settings and invite other team members to the collection.
# Managing Mock Apis
This page provides a step-by-step guide to add and manage mock apis using Mocklets dashboard.
Once you have successfully created a collection, now its time to add mock APIs.(You can also import Open API Specifications to create mock APIs, we will discuss that approach in next chapter).
Mock Apis are the basic building blocks of Mocklets. A mock API is a combination of a URL endpoint, headers, HTTP method, and a predefined response body. You can set the API state (Running/Stopped) from the dashboard.
