api-load-test

simple and elegant load testing tool.

Development

git clone https://github.com/Marvin9/api-load-test
cd api-load-test
make build
./bin/api-load-test --endpoint "YOUR_API_ENDPOINT" --method "GET" --rate 10 --until 10

• To list available flags

./bin/api-load-test --help

Usage:
  loadtest [flags]

Flags:
  -e, --endpoint string   target endpoint. eg: http://locahost:8000/
  -h, --help              help for loadtest
  -m, --method string     method of target endpoint [GET/POST/PUT...] (default "GET")
  -r, --rate int          load of requets per second (default 100)
  -u, --until int         duration of load in seconds (default 10)

Run using docker

• build

  docker build -t api_load_test .
  

• run

  docker run --rm -it --ulimit nofile=<softlimit>:<hardlimit> api_load_test --endpoint="http://ip:port/endpoint" --rate 100 --until 5
  

  ulimit

• accessing localhost from container

  • For MacOS: --endpoint="http://docker.for.mac.host.internal:port/"

Limitations

--rate of requests will be dependent on the available file descriptors ulimit -n, processes ulimit -u and the round trip time of request. In short number of rate should not exceed certain limit.