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Joaquim Rocha edited this page Sep 30, 2020 · 3 revisions

Displays the help information.

Usage

beast [help]

Example:

$ beast help
the Beast v2.x.x - Stress testing for RESTful APIs

Usage:
   beast [help]
   beast config <configFile>
   beast template [-m <http method>] [url] <templateFile>
   beast run (-n <number of requests> | -t <test duration>)
             [-c <number of concurrent requests>]
             [-config <configFile>] [-data <dataFile>]
             [-output <outputFile>] <templateFile>

Where:
   config   Creates a file with the default parameters to setup HTTP connections
            configFile   string Name of the file to be created

   template Creates a request template file, using user-provided parameters
            -m           string HTTP method (default "GET")
            url          string Endpoint to be tested
            templateFile string JSON/YAML file with details about the request to test

   run      Executes a script and presents a report with execution results
            -c           int    Number of concurrent requests (default 1)
            -n           int    Number of requests (can't be used with "-t")
            -t           int    Duration of the test in seconds (can't be used with "-n")
            -config      string Config file to setup HTTP client
            -data        string CSV file with data for request generation
            -output      string CVS file with detailed execution results
            templateFile string JSON/YAML file with details about the request to test
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