{
  "name": "autocannon",
  "description": "Fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js",
  "options": [
    {
      "names": [
        "-c",
        "--connections"
      ],
      "description": "The number of concurrent connections to use",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-p",
        "--pipelining"
      ],
      "description": "The number of pipelined requests to use",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-d",
        "--duration"
      ],
      "description": "The number of seconds to run the autocannon",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "SEC"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-a",
        "--amount"
      ],
      "description": "The number of requests to make before exiting the benchmark",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-L"
      ],
      "description": "The number of milliseconds to elapse between taking samples. This controls the sample interval, & therefore the total number of samples, which affects statistical analyses",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-S",
        "--socketPath"
      ],
      "description": "A path to a Unix Domain Socket or a Windows Named Pipe. A URL is still required to send the correct Host header and path",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "PATH"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-w",
        "--workers"
      ],
      "description": "Number of worker threads to use to fire requests",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-W",
        "--warmup"
      ],
      "description": "Use a warm up interval before starting sampling. This enables startup processes to finish and traffic to normalize before sampling begins",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "-c"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--on-port"
      ],
      "description": "Start the command listed after -- on the command line. When it starts listening on a port, start sending requests to that port. A URL is still required to send requests to the correct path. The hostna",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "PORT"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-m",
        "--method"
      ],
      "description": "The HTTP method to use",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "METHOD",
        "suggestions": [
          "GET",
          "POST",
          "PUT",
          "DELETE",
          "PATCH",
          "HEAD",
          "OPTIONS",
          "TRACE"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-t",
        "--timeout"
      ],
      "description": "The number of seconds before timing out and resetting a connection",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-T",
        "--title"
      ],
      "description": "The title to place in the results for identification",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "TITLE"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-b",
        "--body"
      ],
      "description": "The body of the request",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "BODY"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-F",
        "--form"
      ],
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FORM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-i",
        "--input"
      ],
      "description": "The body of the request",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FILE"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-H",
        "--headers"
      ],
      "description": "The request headers",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "K=V"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--har"
      ],
      "description": "When provided, Autocannon will use requests from the HAR file",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FILE",
        "template": "filepaths"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-B",
        "--bailout"
      ],
      "description": "The number of failures before initiating a bailout",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-M",
        "--maxConnectionRequests"
      ],
      "description": "The max number of requests to make per connection to the server",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-O",
        "--maxOverallRequests"
      ],
      "description": "The max number of requests to make overall to the server",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-r",
        "--connectionRate"
      ],
      "description": "The max number of requests to make per second from an individual connection",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-R",
        "--overallRate"
      ],
      "description": "The max number of requests to make per second from all connections",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-C",
        "--ignoreCoordinatedOmission"
      ],
      "description": "Ignore the coordinated omission issue when requests should be sent at a fixed rate using 'connectionRate' or 'overallRate'"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-D",
        "--reconnectRate"
      ],
      "description": "The number of requests to make before resetting a connections connection to the server",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "NUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-n",
        "--no-progress"
      ],
      "description": "Don't render the progress bar. default: false"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-l",
        "--latency"
      ],
      "description": "Print all the latency data. default: false"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-I",
        "--idReplacement"
      ],
      "description": "Enable replacement of [<id>] with a randomly generated ID within the request body. default: false"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-j",
        "--jsonPath"
      ],
      "description": "Print the output as newline delimited JSON. This will cause the progress bar and results not to be rendered"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-f",
        "--forever"
      ],
      "description": "Run the benchmark forever. Efficiently restarts the benchmark on completion"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-s",
        "--servername"
      ],
      "description": "Server name for the SNI (Server Name Indication) TLS extension. Defaults to the hostname of the URL when it is not an IP address"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-x",
        "--excludeErrorStats"
      ],
      "description": "Exclude error statistics (non-2xx HTTP responses) from the final latency and bytes per second averages. default: false"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-E",
        "--expectBody"
      ],
      "description": "Ensure the body matches this value. If enabled, mismatches count towards bailout. Enabling this option will slow down the load testing",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "EXPECTED"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--renderStatusCodes"
      ],
      "description": "Print status codes and their respective statistics"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--cert"
      ],
      "description": "Path to cert chain in pem format",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FILE",
        "template": "filepaths"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--key"
      ],
      "description": "Path to private key for specified cert in pem format",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FILE",
        "template": "filepaths"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--ca"
      ],
      "description": "Path to trusted ca certificates for the test. This argument accepts both a single file as well as a list of files",
      "takes_arg": true,
      "arg": {
        "name": "FILE",
        "is_variadic": true,
        "template": "filepaths"
      }
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--debug"
      ],
      "description": "Print connection errors to stderr"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-v",
        "--version"
      ],
      "description": "Print the version number"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-V",
        "--verbose"
      ],
      "description": "Print the table with results (default: true)"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-h",
        "--help"
      ],
      "description": "Print help"
    }
  ],
  "args": [
    {
      "name": "URL",
      "description": "The URL to benchmark"
    }
  ]
}
