HeaderAuthBackend

Django authentication backend that allows one to login without having to know their password. This backend is useful for testing scenarios.

HTTP_BENCH_USERNAME_KEY = "X-USERNAME"  # default: X-USERNAME

INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'httpbench.apps.HttpbenchConfig',
]

MIDDLEWARE += [
    'httpbench.middlewares.HeaderAuthMiddleware',
]

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS += [
    'httpbench.backends.UsernameBackend',
]

$ curl -H 'X-USERNAME: c-bata' https://localhost:8000/path/to/page/require/auth

httpbench management command

httpbench management command acts like an apache bench but requests are sent from authenticated users.

$ python3 manage.py httpbench -n 1000 -c 50 \
> --username c-bata \
> https://localhost:8000/
Response time:
  mean: 3.862 secs
  min: 1.173 secs
  max: 11.097 secs
Status:
  2xx: 1000
  3xx: 0
  4xx: 0
  5xx: 0
  fail: 0