Golt

Golt is a load testing tool written in Go currently supporting only HTTP requests.

The goal is to support complex flow of requests replicating a parallel or sequential traffic.

$ ./golt -f <path-to-test-file> -l <path-to-log-file>

How it works

Define your test plan with a JSON or YAML file and run golt!

• Example of the syntax can be found in the test folder

• Define your first thread group containing:

  • Amount of threads
  • Amount of repetitions of requests
  • Stage of the group
  • An array of requests to be executed

• Define you first array of requests:

  • URL
  • Method
  • Payload
  • Assertion of the response containing status code, timeout.
  • Extraction

What is a stage ?

A stage in a thread group defines at which point this thread group will be executed.

• If 3 thread groups are defined with stage 1, they will all be executed in parallel.
• If a fourth thread groups is defined with stage 2, once the three first groups are finished, it will be executed

What is an extraction ?

An extraction is a way to dynamically get results from the response and inject it in the further requests.

It needs the following fields:

• var: The variable name to store the result into
• field: Either "headers" or "body". Field to search into for a value
• regex: Any regular expression to find a dynamic value

Once the value is extracted, it's possible to use it in the further requests. Example below:

• var: "OAUTH_TOKEN"
• field: "headers"
• regex: "bearer (.*)?"

The variable $(OAUTH_TOKEN) can be injected in further requests afterwards