Mini Load - Lightweight HTTP Load Testing CLI

Mini Load is a simple and lightweight command-line tool for performing HTTP load tests. It allows you to send multiple concurrent requests to a specified URL and measures response times, success rates, and failures.

Features

• Send concurrent HTTP requests
• Measure response times and calculate averages
• Track success and failure rates
• Configurable concurrency and total request count
• Support for different HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.)
• Ability to set custom headers

Installation

You can install Mini Load using go install:

go install github.com/janmarkuslanger/miniload@latest

Ensure that $GOBIN is in your PATH so you can run miniload from anywhere:

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Usage

Run Mini Load with the following command:

miniload -url "https://example.com" -c 10 -t 100 -m GET -h "Authorization:Bearer mytoken;User-Agent:MiniLoad"

Parameters:

• -url (required): The target URL to test.
• -c (optional, default: 1): Number of concurrent requests.
• -t (optional, default: 10): Total number of requests to send.
• -m (optional, default: GET): HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.).
• -h (optional): Custom headers in the format "Key:Value;Key2:Value2".

Example:

miniload -url "https://api.example.com" -c 5 -t 50 -m POST -h "Authorization:Bearer token123"

This will send 50 POST requests to https://api.example.com with a concurrency level of 5 and an Authorization header.

Output Example

--- miniload ---
Total requests: 100
Requests succeeded: 95
Requests failed: 5
Average duration: 120ms
--- END ---

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to improve Mini Load.