Setup

1. Download and install Python 3.x

• If it is already installed, check in terminal:

python --version

2. Make sure to have the latest pip version installed

python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

3. Install locust

pip3 install locust

Run load tests

Locust files from this repository use the following domains:

locust file	base URL
BookCartAPI	https://bookcart.azurewebsites.net/api
LibraryAPI	https://postman-library-api.glitch.me
ShopDemoQA	https://shop.demoqa.com

Headful / UI mode

1. Start locust

locust -f <path>/locustfile.py

2. Access http://localhost:8089/ and set:

• number of users
• spawn rate
• base URL*

*only if host is not set in locust file.

Headless mode

locust --headless --users 1 --spawn-rate 1 -H <base_url>

Results

LibraryAPI

This is and example of Response time (ms) diagram. It was generated using locust in UI mode and generating html report.

ShopDemoQA

Generated using locust in UI mode, then saved a html report which contains these types of diagrams and statistics:

PublicSOAP-API-Countries

Generated using locust in UI mode, then saved a html report which contains these types of diagrams and statistics: