JMeter-Load-Testing

Performed Load Testing on Reqres API.

Key Learnings

Requirements

Environment Setup

Test Execution

Reports

Key Learnings

• Executing Load Test: Performed over 7,000 requests ramped in 30 seconds
• Implemented Loop Controllers, Response Assertions
• Parametrisation for Authentication
• Both Happy Path and Bad Path requests were tested under load
• Generated Output Reports

Requirements

• JMeter
• Java 8 or Higher

Environment Setup

Test Scripts:

• Basic api tests are generated in Browser using BlazeMeter Chrome Extension

Test Plan Structure

User Defined Variables:

• api URL, Basic Auth Credntials

Defining Loads/ Thread Groups

CRUD Operations

• Most call will be made for CRUD operations, 250 Threads x 8 requests
• request performing CRUD operations on Users ad Resources

Homepage requests

• Assumed that there will be less login and signup hits, 200 Threads x 4
• includes basic request, login, register, open homepage

Expection Paths

• bad requests will be least, 50 Threads x 5
• includes request leading to 400 or 404 error

Test Execution

JMeter UI

• Download .jmx file
• Import the file in JMeter
• Before running Disable Listerners: Each Thread Group has Listerners, make sure to disable then while load testing. As the are resource hungry.

Windows command line

• jmeter -n -t "specify location\filename" -l "location of .csv result reports" -e -o "location of html report folder"

Linux

• sh jmeter -n -t "specify location\filename" -l "location of .csv result report" -e -o "location of html report folder"

Result Reports

• HTML Reports
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• Logging Report
• Logs