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"
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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, ...