🚀 Lightweight API Benchmark Tool

A lightweight, asynchronous API benchmarking utility built with Python. It allows you to stress-test HTTP endpoints, measure response times, and monitor latency through a simple graphical interface.

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Asynchronous HTTP benchmarking
• 🧵 Concurrent request execution
• 🖥️ Simple Tkinter-based GUI
• 📊 Real-time benchmark output
• 📦 Uses only Python standard libraries
  • asyncio
  • urllib
  • tkinter
• 🚫 No third-party dependencies

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📁 Project Structure

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├── api_tester.py   # Core benchmarking engine
├── GUI.py          # Tkinter graphical interface
├── main.py         # Application entry point
├── README.md       # Project documentation
└── .gitignore      # Git ignore rules

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📋 Requirements

• Python 3.8 or later
• Tkinter (included with most Python installations)

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/siyametj/api_benchmark_tool.git
cd api_benchmark_tool

Run the application

python3 main.py

Or on Windows:

python main.py

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🛠️ How to Use

1. Launch the application.
2. Enter the target API or website URL.
3. Specify:
   • Total number of requests
   • Concurrency level
4. Click Start Benchmark.
5. View the benchmark results and latency metrics in real time.

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📊 Example

Setting	Value
URL	https://example.com
Requests	1000
Concurrency	50

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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👤 Author

Siyam

GitHub: https://github.com/siyametj