WebSocket Connection Tester

This Go program allows you to test multiple WebSocket connections from multiple clients to a specified server simultaneously. It's useful for benchmarking WebSocket server performance or testing connection limits.

Features

• Establish multiple WebSocket connections concurrently
• Configurable number of connections per client
• Configurable number of clients
• Reports successful and failed connection attempts

Usage

./wsstester -u <WebSocket_URL> -c <number_of_connections> -n <number_of_clients>

Build from Source prerequisites

• Go 1.15 or higher
• github.com/gorilla/websocket package

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/peterrooze/wsstester.git
   cd wsstester
   

2. Install the required dependency:

   go get github.com/gorilla/websocket
   

Usage

Run the program with the following command:

go run main.go -u <WebSocket_URL> -c <number_of_connections> -n <number_of_clients>

Flags

• -u: WebSocket server URL (required, must start with wss:// or ws://)
• -c: Number of connections to make (default: 1)
• -n: Number of clients

Example

build/wsstester -u "wss://demo.piesocket.com/v3/channel_123?api_key=VCXCEuvhGcBDP7XhiJJUDvR1e1D3eiVjgZ9VRiaV&notify_self" -c 10 -n 5