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Example of using Apache Bench (ab) to POST JSON to an API
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# post_loc.txt contains the json you want to post
# -p means to POST it
# -H adds an Auth header (could be Basic or Token)
# -T sets the Content-Type
# -c is concurrent clients
# -n is the number of requests to run in the test
ab -p post_loc.txt -T application/json -H 'Authorization: Token abcd1234' -c 10 -n 2000 http://example.com/api/v1/locations/
@darrylyoung
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Thanks for sharing.

@bala-codenatives
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can someone share the actual post_loc.txt file. This command does not work with the json file used to post json data ?

I get Error : Could not stat POST data file (content.json/content.txt): Partial results are valid but processing is incomplete

This means it's unable to find the POST data file. specify the absolute path

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xuyuji9000 commented Oct 18, 2021 •
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Can Apache bench support dynamic values in post request ?

I have the same need .

According to this Changing POST data used by Apache Bench per iteration .

Maybe more specialized tool like Jmeter is a better option.

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