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httpx

Note

The source code for this library can be found in the grafana/k6-jslib-httpx GitHub repository.

The httpx module is an external JavaScript library that wraps around the native k6/http module. It’s an HTTP client with features that are not yet available in the native module.

  • Ability to set HTTP options globally (such as timeout).
  • Ability to set default tags and headers that will be used for all requests.
  • More user-friendly arguments to request functions (get, post, put take the same arguments).

The httpx module integrates well with the expect library.

Caution

This library is in active development. It’s stable enough to be useful, but you can watch the GitHub repository to be notified when a new version is released.

Methods

FunctionDescription
asyncRequest(method, url, [body], [params])Generic method for making arbitrary, asynchronous HTTP requests.
request(method, url, [body], [params])Generic method for making arbitrary HTTP requests.
get(url, [body], [params])Makes GET request
post(url, [body], [params])Makes POST request
put(url, [body], [params])Makes PUT request
patch(url, [body], [params])Makes PATCH request
delete(url, [body], [params])Makes DELETE request
batch(requests)Batches multiple HTTP requests together to issue them in parallel.
setBaseUrl(url)Sets the base URL for the session
addHeader(key, value)Adds a header to the session
addHeaders(object)Adds multiple headers to the session
clearHeader(name)Removes header from the session
addTag(key, value)Adds a tag to the session
addTags(object)Adds multiple tags to the session
clearTag(name)Removes tag from the session

Example

JavaScript 
import { fail } from 'k6';
import { Httpx } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/httpx/0.1.0/index.js';
import { randomIntBetween } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/k6-utils/1.2.0/index.js';

const USERNAME = `user${randomIntBetween(1, 100000)}@example.com`; // random email address
const PASSWORD = 'superCroc2021';

const session = new Httpx({
  baseURL: 'https://test-api.k6.io',
  headers: {
    'User-Agent': 'My custom user agent',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
  },
  timeout: 20000, // 20s timeout.
});

export default function testSuite() {
  const registrationResp = session.post(`/user/register/`, {
    first_name: 'Crocodile',
    last_name: 'Owner',
    username: USERNAME,
    password: PASSWORD,
  });

  if (registrationResp.status !== 201) {
    fail('registration failed');
  }

  const loginResp = session.post(`/auth/token/login/`, {
    username: USERNAME,
    password: PASSWORD,
  });

  if (loginResp.status !== 200) {
    fail('Authentication failed');
  }

  const authToken = loginResp.json('access');

  // set the authorization header on the session for the subsequent requests.
  session.addHeader('Authorization', `Bearer ${authToken}`);

  const payload = {
    name: `Croc Name`,
    sex: 'M',
    date_of_birth: '2019-01-01',
  };

  // this request uses the Authorization header set above.
  const respCreateCrocodile = session.post(`/my/crocodiles/`, payload);

  if (respCreateCrocodile.status !== 201) {
    fail('Crocodile creation failed');
  } else {
    console.log('New crocodile created');
  }
}