Performance test for graphQL API

Question

Today I\'m doing my API automation testing and performance testing with Jmeter when the server is a REST API.

Now the development changed to graphQL API, and I have two

Answer 1

You can try using easygraphql-load-tester

How it works:

easygraphql-load-tester is a node library created to make load testing on GraphQL based on the schema; it'll create a bunch of queries, that are going to be the ones used to test your server.

Examples:

• Artillery.io
• K6

Result:

Using this package, it was possible to me, to identify a bad implementation using dataloaders on the server.

Results without dataloaders

All virtual users finished
Summary report @ 10:07:55(-0500) 2018-11-23
  Scenarios launched:  5
  Scenarios completed: 5
  Requests completed:  295
  RPS sent: 36.88
  Request latency:
    min: 1.6
    max: 470.9
    median: 32.9
    p95: 233.2
    p99: 410.8
  Scenario counts:
    GraphQL Query load test: 5 (100%)
  Codes:
    200: 295

Results with dataloaders

All virtual users finished
Summary report @ 10:09:09(-0500) 2018-11-23
  Scenarios launched:  5
  Scenarios completed: 5
  Requests completed:  295
  RPS sent: 65.85
  Request latency:
    min: 1.5
    max: 71.9
    median: 3.3
    p95: 19.4
    p99: 36.2
  Scenario counts:
    GraphQL Query load test: 5 (100%)
  Codes:
    200: 295