Blitzy - A simple HTTP load tester in Elixir
============================================
Inspired by this [post](http://www.watchsumo.com/posts/introduction-to-elixir-v1-0-0-by-example-i) by Victor Martinez of WatchSumo.
```
% ./blitzy -n 100 http://www.bieberfever.com
```
## Distributed Blitzy
It is _way_ more fun to start distributed. Edit the provided `config/config.exs` with whatever node name suits your fancy. This is optional, and you can stick to the provided one.
```elixir
config :blitz, master_node: :"a@127.0.0.1"
config :blitz, slave_nodes: [:"b@127.0.0.1",
:"c@127.0.0.1",
:"d@127.0.0.1"]
```
Here, the master node is `:a@127.0.0.1`; the rest are slave nodes.
Start up a couple of nodes, and name them accordingly. For example, here's how to start one of them:
```
% iex --name b@127.0.0.1 -S mix
```
Now, when you run the the command
```
% ./blitzy -n 100 http://www.bieberfever.com
```
the requests will be split across the number of nodes you created, including the master node. Here's an example run:
```
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [a@127.0.0.1-256] completed in 5451.854 msecs
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [b@127.0.0.1-289] completed in 5258.639999999999 msecs
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [b@127.0.0.1-278] completed in 5272.281 msecs
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [a@127.0.0.1-310] completed in 5452.012 msecs
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [b@127.0.0.1-290] completed in 5258.318 msecs
17:03:30.600 [info] worker [b@127.0.0.1-237] completed in 5300.413 msecs
...
17:03:31.023 [info] worker [a@127.0.0.1-322] completed in 5653.303 msecs
Succeeded : 50
Failures : 0
Total time (msecs): 542665.9879999999
Avg time (msecs): 1629.6275915915912
17:03:31.024 [info] worker [c@127.0.0.1-22] completed in 5609.749 msecs
Succeeded : 50
Failures : 0
Total time (msecs): 485414.8010000001
Avg time (msecs): 1457.7021051051054
```
## Building the Executable
```
mix escript.build
```
