Load testing using Jmeter of Elastic Search API Queries through CSV

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Load testing using Jmeter of Elastic Search API Queries through CSV

I want to perform load testing using Jmeter of Elastic Search API queries which I will pass through CSV.

Please give me suggestions, what should be things I should Consider before doing that and what kinds of graphs that I should look in to, and what plugins should be installed in Jmeter

Answer 1

1. Get familiarized with the concept of web applications performance testing, load patterns, performance metrics, etc. See Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications as an example reference material
2. Build your test plan "skeleton". Implement requests to web services endpoints using HTTP Request samplers. You may also need to add a HTTP Header Manager to send at least Content-Type header. See Testing SOAP/REST Web Services Using JMeter article for details.
3. Once done validate your script by running it with 1 virtual user and View Results Tree listener enabled. Check request and response details to see if your test is doing what it is supposed to be doing.
4. If your test works fine - add CSV Data Set config to your Test Plan and replace the values you would like to parameterize with the JMeter Variables originating from the CSV file
5. Repeat step 3 with 1-2 users to see whether your parameterization works as expected.
6. Now it's time to configure your load pattern (number of virtual users, ramp-up, test duration, etc.) and run your test
7. Analyze results using JMeter Listeners and/or HTML Reporting Dashboard