Locust

Testing

Stress Testing REST APIs with Locust: A Practical Guide

Locust is a Python-based load testing tool with a simple, expressive API. Unlike k6 (JavaScript) or Gatling (Scala/Java), Locust lets you write tests in plain Python — making it especially accessible for backend developers and data engineers already working in the language. This guide focuses on stress testing REST

Testing

Locust Load Testing: Distributed Performance Testing in Python

You can write load tests in Python with Locust — no XML, no GUI needed. Just a plain Python file describing what your virtual users do, then a command to run it. That's the entire model. If you've wrestled with JMeter's thread groups and XML