POST-floods
Defintion
Creates a new flood test and returns its details. This may be a long-running request.
Note to windows users when using curl be sure to prepend the flood_files[] value with an @ symbol if using curl. This indicates to curl the rest should be a file name to read the data from e.g.
-F "flood_files[][email protected]:/Users/tim/mytest.jmx"1
POST https://api.flood.io/floods
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Parameters
Parameter
Required
Type
Description
flood[tool]
true
string
type of tool to use: jmeter, gatling, java-selenium-chrome or java-selenium-firefox, or flood-chrome
flood_files
true
file
test plan to use, as a multipart upload
flood[grids]
true
array of mixed
array of grid objects to distribute flood to
flood[name]
false
string
name of the flood test
flood[notes]
false
string
notes or description of the flood test
flood[project]
false
string
notes or project name of the flood test
flood[tag_list]
false
string
comma separated tags associated with the flood test
flood[privacy_flag]
false
string
public or private [default]
flood[threads]
false
integer
number of threads to pass in to test plan
flood[rampup]
false
integer
number of seconds rampup to pass in to test plan
flood[duration]
false
integer
number of seconds duration to pass in to test plan
flood[override_hosts]
false
string
override DNS hostname resolution
example.com/0.0.0.0, ...flood[override_parameters]
false
string
override parameters
string-Dparam=value, -Jparam=value, ...Examples
Launch a flood on a new grid
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curl -u ${API_TOKEN}: -X POST https://api.flood.io/floods \
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-F "flood[tool]=jmeter" \
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-F "flood[threads]=10" \
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-F "flood[privacy]=public" \
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-F "flood[name]=MyTest" \
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-F "flood[tag_list]=ci,shakeout" \
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-F "flood_files[][email protected]" \
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-F "flood[grids][][infrastructure]=demand" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_quantity]=1" \
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-F "flood[grids][][region]=us-west-2" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_type]=m4.xlarge" \
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-F "flood[grids][][stop_after]=60"
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Lauch a flood on multiple new grids
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curl -u ${FLOOD_API_TOKEN}: -X POST https://api.flood.io/floods \
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-F "flood[tool]=jmeter" \
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-F "flood[threads]=10" \
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-F "flood[privacy]=public" \
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-F "flood[name]=MyTest" \
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-F "flood_files[][email protected]" \
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-F "flood[grids][][infrastructure]=demand" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_quantity]=1" \
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-F "flood[grids][][region]=ap-southeast-2" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_type]=m4.xlarge" \
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-F "flood[grids][][stop_after]=60" \
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-F "flood[grids][][infrastructure]=demand" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_quantity]=1" \
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-F "flood[grids][][region]=ap-southeast-2" \
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-F "flood[grids][][instance_type]=m4.xlarge" \
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-F "flood[grids][][stop_after]=60" | jq -r .
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Launch flood on an existing grid
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curl -u ${API_TOKEN}: -X POST https://api.flood.io/floods \
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-F "flood[tool]=jmeter" \
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-F "flood[threads]=50" \
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-F "flood_files[][email protected]/path/to/testplan.jmx" \
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-F "flood_files[][email protected]/path/to/testdata.csv" \
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-F "flood[grids][][uuid]=qpjrj4MnKmR3VgxOLtuMww"
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Result Format
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{
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"_links": {
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"self": {
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"href": "/api/floods/VCFstUfl0AMdtaKYBo5d7A"
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}
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},
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"uuid": "VCFstUfl0AMdtaKYBo5d7A",
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"batch_id": "1VVGD5LBVvuatWEJ9SB8aA",
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"apdex": null,
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"tool": "jmeter",
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"name": "MyTest",
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"notes": null,
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"threads": 10,
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"rampup": null,
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"duration": null,
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"tag_list": [
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"ci",
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"shakeout"
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],
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"status": "queued",
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"permalink": "https://flood.io/VCFstUfl0AMdtaKYBo5d7A",
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"remote_errors": null,
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"started": null,
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"stopped": null,
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"_embedded": {
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"grids": [
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{
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"_links": {
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"self": {
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"href": "/api/grids/hg8ZjZcifgsuQvDfcnBONw"
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}
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},
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"uuid": "hg8ZjZcifgsuQvDfcnBONw",
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"batch_id": "1VVGD5LBVvuatWEJ9SB8aA",
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"name": "jubilant-peak-production-hg8ZjZcifgsuQvDfcnBONw",
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"region": "us-west-2",
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"origin": "US West (Oregon)",
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"instance_quantity": 1,
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"instance_type": "m4.xlarge",
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"infrastructure": "demand",
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"stop_after": 60,
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"status": "starting",
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"nodes": []
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}
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],
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"files": [
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{
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"name": "lRFFUcXvSIp7pHftfnC7x8",
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"href": "..."
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}
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],
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"archives": []
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}
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}
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