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utils
Note
The source code for this library can be found in the grafana/k6-jslib-utils GitHub repository.
The utils module contains number of small utility functions useful in every day load testing.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| check(val, sets, [tags]) | Drop-in replacement for
check with support for async values. |
| randomIntBetween(min, max) | Random integer in a given range |
| randomItem(array) | Random item from a given array |
| randomString(length, [charset]) | Random string of a given length, optionally selected from a custom character set |
| uuidv4() | Random UUID v4 in a string representation |
| findBetween(content, left, right, [repeat]) | Extract a string between two surrounding strings |
| normalDistributionStages(maxVUs, durationSeconds, [numberOfStages]) | Creates stages which will produce a normal distribution (bell-curve) of VUs for a test |
| getCurrentStageIndex | Get the index of the running stage as defined in the stages array options. It can be used only with the executors that support the stages option as
ramping-vus or
ramping-arrival-rate. |
| tagWithCurrentStageIndex | Tag all the generated metrics in the iteration with the index of the current running stage. |
| tagWithCurrentStageProfile | Tag all the generated metrics in the iteration with the computed profile for the current running stage. |
Simple example
JavaScript
JavaScript
import { sleep } from 'k6';
import http from 'k6/http';
import {
randomIntBetween,
randomString,
randomItem,
uuidv4,
findBetween,
} from 'https://jslib.k6.io/k6-utils/1.4.0/index.js';
export default function () {
const res = http.post(`https://quickpizza.grafana.com/api/users`, {
username: `user_${randomString(10)}@example.com`, // random email address,
password: uuidv4(), // random password in form of uuid
});
// find a string between two strings to grab the username:
const username = findBetween(res.body, '"username":"', '"');
console.log('username from response: ' + username);
sleep(randomIntBetween(1, 5)); // sleep between 1 and 5 seconds.
}Was this page helpful?
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