Load Testing

It is easy to run a simple load test against the Web API server which makes the same Web API request repeatedly in rapid succession to evaluate the response time and environment robustness by simulating traffic much greater than would likely be encountered in the production envionment.

Install the loadtest module globally on your machine:

npm install -g loadtest

A few scripts have been added to the package.json file in the /server folder to run specific tests in three different environments:

• npm run loadtest:local runs a load test against your local dev server (and the development database) - you will need to start the node server first with npm start from the project root directory.
• npm run loadtest:dev runs a load test against the development environment and development server.
• npm run loadtest:prod runs a load test agains the production environment

You may want to adjust the load testing parameters by modifying some of the options as documented here.