Super easy load testing for your Serverless APIs and Functions

George Mao
3 min readFeb 18, 2020

Serverless moves your unit of scale from servers to number of requests you’re serving concurrently. This means that testing your APIs and functions must be handled differently — you need to test your request or “TPS” concurrency at peak rather than worry about total volume.

One of the most common things you need to do when working with Amazon API Gateway or AWS Lambda functions is to drive load at your serverless resources. One of the best and easiest ways to accomplish this is to use a free Node program called Artillery.

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George Mao

Distinguished Engineer @ Capital One leading all things Serverless | Ex -AWS WW Serverless Tech Lead.