K6 Example

This repository contains a starting point for running k6 tests in typescript. It uses a publicly hosted endpoint so that anyone with internet access can test out the API themselves and then use this repo as a starting point to continue building their own tests.

Pre-Reqs

• Download k6 from here https://k6.io/docs/get-started/installation/
• Install dependencies yarn install
• Docker

Installing xk6-dashboard with Docker

xk6-dashboard is a k6 extension that can be used to visualise your performance test in real time.

To run the tests with monitoring with xk6-dashboard extension, we need to install it. The simplest way to install is via docker and can be done via

docker pull ghcr.io/grafana/xk6-dashboard:0.6.1

Tests

reqres

We use the reqres publicly hosted REST API to showcase the testing with k6

To execute the first sample test that showcases how per-vu-iterations works, you can run:

yarn test:demo

To test with monitoring in place, run:

yarn test-with-monitoring:demo

To execute the second sample test that showcases how to use stages, you can run:

yarn test:demo-stages

To test with monitoring in place, run:

yarn test-with-monitoring:demo-stages