Using WebSurge to Load Test Our Endpoint

WebSurge and load testing

We must load test our API endpoints to verify that they perform appropriately underload. It is far better to find a performance issue in the development process before our users do. WebSurge is a simple load testing tool that we are going to use to test our questions endpoint with the N+1 problem. We are going to perform the load test in our development environment, which is fine for us to see the impact the N+1 problem has. Obviously, the load testing results we are going to see would be a lot faster in a production environment. To use WebSurge for load testing, implement the following steps:

1. Run the REST API by pressing “F5” if it's not already running.

2. Open WebSurge and click the “New Request” option on the “Session” tab: