playwright-loadtest

playwright-loadtest provides a simple way to launch multiple playwright instances in parallel to run a simple load test on your site.

Installation

Install via npm:

$ npm install -g playwright-loadtest

Usage

To run a basic load test, just supply the name of a playwright script to run:

$ playwright-loadtest --file=sample.js

This will run the specified playwright script once in chrome headless instance.

Parameters

--s flag is to mention sample size

--c flag is to mention number of concurrent executions per sample

--silent boolean to enable or disable logs

--outputFile send performance results to output file

$ playwright-loadtest --s=100 --c=25 --file=sample.js

This will run a total of 100 runs through the specified playwright script across 25 concurrent chrome headless instances.

Examples

$ playwright-loadtest --file=sample.js

$ playwright-loadtest --file=./test/sample.js  --s=100 --c=25

$ playwright-loadtest --file=./test/sample.js  --s=100 --c=25 --silent=true

$ playwright-loadtest --file=./test/sample.js  -s 100 -c 25

$ playwright-loadtest --file=./test/sample.js  -s 100 -c 25 --outputFile=performance.json

use as node module

const startPlaywrightLoadTest = require('playwright-loadtest');
const results = await startPlaywrightLoadTest({
    file, // path to file
    samplesRequested: 2, // number of samples requested
    concurrencyRequested: 2, // number of concurrency requested
});
console.log(results);

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