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Laravel Performance Testing With Volt-Test PHP

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The Laravel Performance Testing package tests your application's performance with the VoltTest PHP SDK. Easily create and run load tests for your Laravel applications with built-in route discovery, CSRF handling, comprehensive reporting, and more.

Using the Laravel package, you can quickly get up to speed on using Volt-Test, generate test files easily, and start stress testing your Laravel app:

namespace App\VoltTests;
 
use VoltTest\Laravel\Contracts\VoltTestCase;
use VoltTest\Laravel\VoltTestManager;
 
class ApiTest implements VoltTestCase
{
public function define(VoltTestManager $manager): void
{
$scenario = $manager->scenario('API Performance Test');
 
// Login to get token
$scenario->step('API Login')
->post('/api/login', [
'email' => 'test@example.com',
'password' => 'password',
])
->header('Accept', 'application/json')
->expectStatus(200)
->extractJson('auth_token', 'meta.token');
// Extract the authentication token from the response
// Reference: https://php.volt-test.com/docs/Steps#json-response
 
// Get user data
$scenario->step('Get User Data')
->get('/api/user')
->header('Authorization', 'Bearer ${auth_token}')
->header('Accept', 'application/json')
->expectStatus(200)
->extractJson('user_id', 'data.id');
 
// Update user
$scenario->step('Update User')
->put('/api/user/${user_id}', [
'name' => 'Updated Name',
'email' => 'updated@example.com',
])
->header('Authorization', 'Bearer ${auth_token}')
->header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
->expectStatus(200);
}
}

This Laravel package is built on top of the Volt-Test PHP package, offering Laravel conveniences such as a CLI to quickly create tests based on routes and other criteria:

php artisan volttest:make ApiTest --routes --filter="api/*"
 
# Interactive route selection
php artisan volttest:make ApiTest --routes --select --filter="api/*"
 
# Include only authenticated routes
php artisan volttest:make ApiTest --routes --auth

Main Features

  • Easy Laravel Integration - Seamlessly integrates with Laravel applications
  • Automatic Route Discovery - Discover and test your application routes automatically
  • Comprehensive Reporting - Detailed performance reports with metrics
  • URL Load Testing - Direct URL testing without creating test classes
  • Artisan Commands - Convenient CLI commands for test creation and execution
  • Configurable - Flexible configuration options for different environments
  • CSV Data Sources - Load dynamic test data from CSV files for realistic performance testing

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