# svanoort/pyresttest

Python Rest Testing

Repository: https://github.com/svanoort/pyresttest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyresttest
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-06-10T17:22:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4507, "days_push": 1910, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1165, forks 316 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.988858+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing, benchmarking, http-client
- domain: testing, apis, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli
- tags: rest-testing, api-testing, yaml-tests, microbenchmarking, smoke-tests, pycurl, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- svanoort/pyresttest (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.988858+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:29:28.630487+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/svanoort/pyresttest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.988858+00:00, sha dec85e91c995)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyresttest/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:25.450405+00:00, sha d56ff0f843cf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.