AsyncLoad 0.1.3

Asynchronous HTTP Load Testing Tool with Database Storage and Betterstack Integration

AsyncLoad

AsyncLoad is an asynchronous load testing CLI designed to stress test your applications under heavy concurrent load. It contains database storage for session history as well as a Betterstack integration for monitoring and observability.

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Installation

Install from pip

For version releases, use pip:

pip install AsyncLoad
asyncload -setup

Set your betterstack env variables inside the global config file thats created."%LOCALAPPDATA%/loadtester/config.env" for Windows,"~/.config/loadtester/config.env" for linux and Mac. You can setup the number of requests,concurrent requests, as well as the http method either in the config file or simply use the cmd flags to override the values. Default values for number of requests,concurrent requests,http method is 100,10,GET.   

Head over to your cmd and type:

asyncload https://httpbin.org/ -n 100 -c 10 -GET

Install from GitHub source

For building from source, install directly from the git repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd Asyncload
pip install .
cp config.env.example config.env # set up your config file 
python -m unittest discover tests/ # Run all tests
asyncload https://httpbin.org/ -n 100 -c 10 -GET

Or Use Docker to build and run the source:

docker compose build
docker compose run --rm asyncload https://httpbin.org/ -n 100 -c 10 -GET

Running the tests

# Run all tests
python -m unittest discover tests/

# Run specific test modules
python -m unittest tests.testload
python -m unittest tests.testasync
python -m unittest tests.testdb

# Run with verbose output
python -m unittest -v tests.testload

Examples

Basic load test

asyncload https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -n 5 -c 2 -GET

Running....
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                     Load Test Results
============================================================
Total Requests:                    5
Concurrent Requests:               2
Successful Requests:               5
Failed Requests:                   0
------------------------------------------------------------
                 Individual Request Details
------------------------------------------------------------
Request ID   | Timestamp           | URL                            | Status   | Method    | Response Time
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
594          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.337788
595          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.392194
596          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.453631
597          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.535650
598          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.573828
============================================================


                   Performance Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Response Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          0.573828
  Minimum:          0.337788
  Average:          0.458618

First Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          0.573208
  Minimum:          0.337749
  Average:          0.456585

Last Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          0.573827
  Minimum:          0.337787
  Average:          0.458618
============================================================

Viewing history

asyncload -history

Request ID   | Timestamp           | URL                       | Status   | Method    | Response Time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
594          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.337788
595          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.392194
596          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.453631
597          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.535650
598          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.573828

Viewing weekly history

asyncload -history -weekly

Request ID   | Timestamp           | URL                       | Status   | Method    | Response Time    | Week
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
594          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.337788         | 21
595          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.392194         | 21
596          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.453631         | 21
597          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.535650         | 21
598          | 24:05:2026 14:53:36 | https://jsonplaceholder.t | 200      | get       | 0.573828         | 21

POST request with payload

asyncload https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -n 5 -c 2 -POST -d '{"title": "foo", "body": "bar", "userId": 1}'

Running....
============================================================
                     Load Test Results
============================================================
Total Requests:                    5
Concurrent Requests:               2
Successful Requests:               5
Failed Requests:                   0
------------------------------------------------------------
                 Individual Request Details
------------------------------------------------------------
Request ID   | Timestamp           | URL                            | Status   | Method    | Response Time
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
599          | 24:05:2026 14:56:05 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 201      | post      | 0.592419
600          | 24:05:2026 14:56:05 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 201      | post      | 1.002274
601          | 24:05:2026 14:56:05 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 201      | post      | 1.025395
602          | 24:05:2026 14:56:05 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 201      | post      | 1.347690
603          | 24:05:2026 14:56:05 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 201      | post      | 1.392546
============================================================


                   Performance Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Response Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.392546
  Minimum:          0.592419
  Average:          1.072065

First Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.392511
  Minimum:          0.592399
  Average:          1.072046

Last Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.392546
  Minimum:          0.592419
  Average:          1.072064
============================================================

High concurrency test

asyncload https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -n 20 -c 10 -GET

Running....
============================================================
                     Load Test Results
============================================================
Total Requests:                   20
Concurrent Requests:              10
Successful Requests:              20
Failed Requests:                   0
------------------------------------------------------------
                 Individual Request Details
------------------------------------------------------------
Request ID   | Timestamp           | URL                            | Status   | Method    | Response Time
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
609          | 24:05:2026 14:57:12 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.395732
610          | 24:05:2026 14:57:12 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 0.397407
...
628          | 24:05:2026 14:57:12 | https://jsonplaceholder.typico | 200      | get       | 1.824638
============================================================


                   Performance Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Response Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.824638
  Minimum:          0.395732
  Average:          0.861470

First Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.824627
  Minimum:          0.383778
  Average:          0.857246

Last Byte Time (seconds)
  Maximum:          1.824638
  Minimum:          0.395731
  Average:          0.861470
============================================================

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API Reference

GlobalConfig

platform_path

sets up the global config variable accordingly with the underlying os

• "%LOCALAPPDATA%/asyncload/config.env" for Windows
• "~/.config/asyncload/config.env" for Linux/Mac

ensure_global_config()

Creates the global config file in the user's system

Loadtester

read()

Reads the command line arguments before executing the load test.

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testurl(url, numreq, conreq, reqtype, headers=None)

The core function of AsyncLoad. Sends requests to the specified URL asynchronously.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
url	str	The URL to test
numreq	int	Number of total requests
conreq	int	Number of concurrent requests
reqtype	str	HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.)
headers	dict	Optional HTTP headers

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insertpayload(reqlist)

Stores the return values from the requests in an SQLite database instance.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
reqlist	list	http request results to be stored

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history(timemode=None)

Retrieves the session history from the database instance.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
timemode	str	Optional filter: 'weekly', 'monthly', or 'yearly'

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stats(totresponsetime, firstbytetime, lastbytetime)

Calculates minimum, maximum, and average of total response time, first byte time, and last byte time.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
totresponsetime	list	List of total response times
firstbytetime	list	List of first byte times
lastbytetime	list	List of last byte times

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desc()

Displays the load test statistics in the terminal.

Options

Flag	Description
-n	Number of requests
-c	Number of concurrent requests
-GET / -POST / -DELETE / -PUT / -HEAD / -PATCH	HTTP method
-d	JSON data for POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE
-history	View session history
-history -weekly	View weekly session history
-history -monthly	View monthly session history
-history -yearly	View yearly session history

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Changelog

[1.0.0] - 2026-05-11

Added

• Initial release of AsyncLoad
• Asynchronous load testing CLI with concurrent request support
• Database storage for session history using SQLite
• Betterstack integration for monitoring and observability
• Support for multiple HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH)
• Configurable concurrency and request count
• Session history viewing (weekly, monthly, yearly)
• Load testing stats