bust

It is a simple server bench marking tool it is not a scientific tool for bench marking it provide a very crude idea of the load management capability of your server.

Highlights

• It support both HTTP and HTTPS .
• Custom method can be added to request using -M option .
• Any header can be added to request using -H option and repeation is allowed .
• File upload is also supported throught -f flag with mutlipart/formdata content-type header.
• Body can be passed to supported type of request using -d flag .
• Number of concurrent request is required. Can be passed with -c option.
• Total number of request should also be passed using -n flag.
• Auth details can be passed using -a option.

Usage: bust <url> [-a <auth>] [-C <cookies>] [-M <method>] -c <concurrency> -n <total-request> [-H <headers>] [-f <file>] [-d <data>]

A tool for Stress Testing

Options:
  -a, --auth        pass username  and password in form of username:password
  -C, --cookies     provide cookie for the request
  -M, --method      custom http method
  -c, --concurrency concurrency the number of concurrent request
  -n, --total-request
                    total number of request made
  -H, --headers     custom header for request
  -f, --file        file path to upload the file
  -d, --data        data to be sent in request
  --help            display usage information

Add Header to Request

Adding a header is simple as adding just a option with format of <header_name>=<header_value> for example content-type=application/json . We can add any number of headers.

$ bust -n 20 -c 5 https://www.google.com -H auth=<auth-token> -H user-agent=<user-agent-name>

Add Custom Method for Request

Adding custom method is done by using -M option. All the HTTP method are supported. Eg. POST , PUT etc.

$ bust -n 20 -c 5 https://www.google.com -M POST -H auth=<auth-token> -H user-agent=<user-agent-name>

Add file for upload

Upload file with request using multipart/formdata header. Eg. -f <field-name>=<file-path> .

$ bust -n 20 -c 5 https://www.google.com -M POST -f image=./path/to/file

where image is field-name and ./path/to/file is path of file.

Adding Body to request

Body is passed using -d in form of string. Eg . -d {"name":"bust"}

$ bust -n 20 -c 5 https://www.google.com -M POST -H content-type=application/json -d \{\"name\":\"bust\"\}

Adding Cookies to request

Adding cookie is simple using -C option which is repeatable. Syntax -C <cookie> .

$ bust -n 20 -c 5 https://www.google.com -M POST -C auth=76rtitutuit