NAME
hey - HTTP load generator, formerly known as rakyll/boom
SYNOPSIS
hey [options...] <url>
OPTIONS
- -n
-
Number of requests to run. Default is 200.
- -c
-
Number of workers to run concurrently. Total number of requests cannot be smaller than the concurrency level. Default is 50.
- -q
-
Rate limit, in queries per second (QPS) per worker. Default is no rate limit.
- -z
-
Duration of application to send requests. When duration is reached, application stops and exits. If duration is specified, n is ignored. Examples: -z 10s -z 3m.
- -o
-
Output type. If none provided, a summary is printed. "csv" is the only supported alternative. Dumps the response metrics in comma-separated values format.
- -m
-
HTTP method, one of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS.
- -H
-
Custom HTTP header. You can specify as many as needed by repeating the flag. For example, -H "Accept: text/html" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" .
- -t
-
Timeout for each request in seconds. Default is 20, use 0 for infinite.
- -A
-
HTTP Accept header.
- -d
-
HTTP request body.
- -D
-
HTTP request body from file. For example, /home/user/file.txt or ./file.txt.
- -T
-
Content-type, defaults to "text/html".
- -a
-
Basic authentication, username:password.
- -x
-
HTTP Proxy address as host:port.
-h2 Enable HTTP/2.
-host HTTP Host header.
- -disable-compression
-
Disable compression.
- -disable-keepalive
-
Disable keep-alive, prevents re-use of TCP connections between different HTTP requests.
- -disable-redirects
-
Disable following of HTTP redirects
- -cpus
-
Number of used cpu cores. (default for current machine is 6 cores)