NAME

       hey - HTTP load generator, formerly known as rakyll/boom

SYNOPSIS

       hey [options...] <url>

OPTIONS

       -n     Number of requests to run. Default is 200.

       -c     Number  of  requests  to  run  concurrently.  Total  number of requests cannot be smaller than the
              concurrency level. Default is 50.

       -q     Rate limit, in queries per second (QPS). Default is no rate limit.

       -z     Duration of application to send requests. When duration is reached, application stops  and  exits.
              If duration is specified, n is ignored.  Examples: -z 10s -z 3m.

       -o     Output  type.  If  none  provided, a summary is printed.  "csv" is the only supported alternative.
              Dumps the response metrics in comma-separated values format.

       -m     HTTP method, one of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS.

       -H     Custom HTTP header. You can specify as many as needed by repeating  the  flag.   For  example,  -H
              "Accept: text/html" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" .

       -t     Timeout for each request in seconds. Default is 20, use 0 for infinite.

       -A     HTTP Accept header.

       -d     HTTP request body.

       -D     HTTP request body from file. For example, /home/user/file.txt or ./file.txt.

       -T     Content-type, defaults to "text/html".

       -a     Basic authentication, username:password.

       -x     HTTP Proxy address as host:port.

       -h2 Enable HTTP/2.

       -host HTTP Host header.

       -disable-compression
              Disable compression.

       -disable-keepalive
              Disable keep-alive, prevents re-use of TCP connections between different HTTP requests.

       -disable-redirects
              Disable following of HTTP redirects

       -cpus  Number of used cpu cores.  (default for current machine is 4 cores)

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for  hey  is  maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and hey programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info hey

       should give you access to the complete manual.

hey 0.1.2                                         October 2019                                            HEY(1)