Load testing tool in CakePHP

**Background** I need to do some load testing on a php web application. The server is communicating with a number of clients. The clients are Firefox and Chrome extensions in our customers browsers. The server has to deal with quite massive receiving of data. I need to see if the server will handle a couple of hundred simultaneous users. **Why CakePHP?** The application itself is written in CakePHP and I have experience in the framework. Programming this in CakePHP will make me able to do small changes in the code. It will also make it easier for me to control the functionality of the load testing tool. **How this will run** To simulate hundreds of simultaneous users this script has to be run as multiple processes. Your job will also be to get that working. **Server** I will run this script in a virtual Ubuntu (virtualbox and win7 host) or regular windows 7 if that will work better. You will have to use your own php environment during development. ## Deliverables **Load testing tool in CakePHP** **Background** I need to do some load testing on a php web application. The server is communicating with a number of clients. The clients are Firefox and Chrome extensions in our customers browsers. The server has to deal with quite massive receiving of data. I need to see if the server will handle a couple of hundred simultaneous users. **Why CakePHP?** The application itself is written in CakePHP and I have experience in the framework. Programming this in CakePHP will make me able to do small changes in the code. It will also make it easier for me to control the functionality of the load testing tool. **How this will run** To simulate hundreds of simultaneous users this script has to be run as multiple processes. Your job will also be to get that working. **Server** I will run this script in a virtual Ubuntu (virtualbox and win7 host) or regular windows 7 if that will work better. You will have to use your own php environment during development. **Detailed technical description** This is the flow for how to simulate one user interacting with the server. **1. Get mockup user credentials** **Request** url: /get_mockup_user_credentials. **Response** Json object: * username * password * identification_code * extension_version * browser_name **2. Ask server for which data to send.** **Request** url: /checkForDataToSend Post parameters (as json object): * username, * password, * identification_code, * browser_name, * extension_version **Response** Json object: * phrase * transmit_id * dates: [array with dates] **3. Get mockup data to send** **Request** url: /get_mockup_data/browsername:<browser_name>/date:<date> **Response** Large json array with mockup data. **4. Send data to server** **Request** url: /sendData Post parameters (as json object): * history (mockup data) * transmit_id * phrase * username * password **Some notes** I will give you the servers domain name before you start working. I think Curl is the best solution for interacting with the server. Keep the code clean and commented. The Chrome and Firefox extensions send their request to the server with jQuery library and the ajax function [login to view URL] That way it is easy to specify a json object in the POST request. This load test application will have to send the data in the exact same format. Below is an example (from Fiddler http debug tool) of json post to /senData where the large json object is provided: (se enclosed pdf)