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.TH HEY "1" "December 2020" "hey 0.1.4" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
hey \- HTTP load generator, formerly known as rakyll/boom
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hey
[\fI\,options\/\fR...] \fI\,<url>\/\fR
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
Number of requests to run. Default is 200.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
Number of requests to run concurrently. Total number of requests cannot
be smaller than the concurrency level. Default is 50.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR
Rate limit, in queries per second (QPS). Default is no rate limit.
.TP
\fB\-z\fR
Duration of application to send requests. When duration is reached,
application stops and exits. If duration is specified, n is ignored.
Examples: \fB\-z\fR 10s \fB\-z\fR 3m.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR
Output type. If none provided, a summary is printed.
"csv" is the only supported alternative. Dumps the response
metrics in comma\-separated values format.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR
HTTP method, one of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS.
.TP
\fB\-H\fR
Custom HTTP header. You can specify as many as needed by repeating the flag.
For example, \fB\-H\fR "Accept: text/html" \fB\-H\fR "Content\-Type: application/xml" .
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
Timeout for each request in seconds. Default is 20, use 0 for infinite.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR
HTTP Accept header.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
HTTP request body.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR
HTTP request body from file. For example, \fI\,/home/user/file.txt\/\fP or ./file.txt.
.TP
\fB\-T\fR
Content\-type, defaults to "text/html".
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
Basic authentication, username:password.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
HTTP Proxy address as host:port.
.HP
\fB\-h2\fR Enable HTTP/2.
.HP
\fB\-host\fR HTTP Host header.
.TP
\fB\-disable\-compression\fR
Disable compression.
.TP
\fB\-disable\-keepalive\fR
Disable keep\-alive, prevents re\-use of TCP
connections between different HTTP requests.
.TP
\fB\-disable\-redirects\fR
Disable following of HTTP redirects
.TP
\fB\-cpus\fR
Number of used cpu cores.
(default for current machine is 6 cores)