Web recorder for k6 load testing tool using chrome.

1. Chrome browser.
2. Nodejs version 7.6+ installed. Download from here.

or use nvm to install and manage multiple node version.

3. yarn (optional). Fast package manager for node.

Make sure you have git installed. Go to command prompt and do

git clone https://github.com/rupeshmore/k6-web-recorder.git

or download zip.

Go inside the directory

cd k6-web-recorder

if yarn is installed

yarn

or

npm install

node app.js --url=https://github.com/rupeshmore

or

npm start --url=https://github.com/rupeshmore

url is required parameter. Specify it in command line or in config.json;

This will start an instance of chrome.

edit config.json to record added data.

{
  "url": "https://github.com/rupeshmore",
  "recordThinkTime": true,
  "assignRequestToVariable": false,
  "recordHeaders": [
    "Content-Type"
  ]
}

1. url: is required for the app. This can be defined in config.json or passed as an argument via command line.

2. recordThinkTime: This will record think time between requests. Think time greater than 1 seconds are only recorded. If false it will not capture think time. Default value true.

3. assignRequestToVariable: This will assign the http requests to a variable.

Example: assignRequestToVariable: true

let req = http.get(https://github.com/rupeshmore);

assignRequestToVariable: false

http.get(https://github.com/rupeshmore);

4. recordHeaders: This is an array of values to be recoded for headers. values it can take to match the http headers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#Request_fields

All scripts are recorded under the scripts folder.

• Records all http traffic and convert them to k6 load testing tool.

• Filters out the request based on the domain of url to be recorded.

• Records think-time for the script.

• Options to record specific headers in the scripts.

All requests with multipart/form-data are not recorded. As the k6 tool will not be able to playback the same request as a browser does.

Close the browser to close recording or close the app.