svanoort/pyresttest

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1165 stars · 316 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

PyRestTest is a Python-based REST API testing and microbenchmarking tool where tests are defined declaratively in YAML or JSON files without writing code. It supports generate/extract/validate test scenarios, benchmarking with metrics, and returns exit codes suitable for CI and orchestration pipelines.

Use cases

• test rest api endpoints from yaml files
• run api smoke tests on server deployments
• microbenchmark rest api performance
• validate responses from http endpoints
• add api healthchecks to configuration management
• run automated rest tests in ci pipelines

When to choose

• you want declarative YAML/JSON-based REST tests without writing Python code
• you need lightweight on-server smoke tests or healthchecks with minimal dependencies
• you want simple API microbenchmarking with parseable metrics
• you need exit codes and logs for integration with orchestration tools

When to avoid

• you need actively maintained tooling - the project has seen limited releases since 2021
• you require complex test logic better suited to code-based frameworks like pytest
• you need Windows support, which is unsupported
• you need modern async HTTP testing or GraphQL support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

testing e2e-testing benchmarking http-client testing apis developer-tools python cli rest-testing api-testing yaml-tests microbenchmarking smoke-tests pycurl command-line linux macos

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