Getting Started

This page walks you through sign-up and running a load test from app.loadcurl.com.

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Step 1 — Create your account

1. Go to app.loadcurl.com/auth/register.
2. Register with name, email, and password, or continue with Google.
3. Check your inbox and verify your email (Settings → Email verification if you need to resend).
4. Sign in at app.loadcurl.com/auth/login.

Load Curl creates a personal workspace for you (named like Your name's workspace). You do not need to create an organization to start testing.

You land on the Dashboard. From there you can create a test, watch live metrics, and open past runs.

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Step 2 — Open Create test

On the Dashboard:

• Summary cards show how many tests you have, how many are running, and remaining capacity.
• Create test is the form for a new run.
• The history list below shows previous runs. Use New test in the header (or /?newTest=…) to jump back to the form.

If remaining tests is 0, you cannot start another run until capacity is available.

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Step 3 — Set up your request

You have two ways to fill the HTTP request.

Option A — Paste curl or Postman (fastest)

Click Paste curl / Postman in the request builder. Paste a curl command or Postman snippet. Load Curl extracts method, URL, headers, query params, and body.

Supported formats:

curl -X POST https://api.example.com/v1/users \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "test"}'

Line breaks with \ are supported.

Option B — Fill the form

1. Optionally set a scenario name (otherwise a title is generated from the URL).
2. Choose an HTTP method: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE.
3. Enter a full https:// (or http://) URL.
4. Use the tabs:

Tab	Use it for
Params	Query string key-value pairs
Headers	Authorization, Content-Type, API keys, custom headers
Body	JSON object for POST, PUT, or PATCH

Example header:

Header	Example
Authorization	Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIs...
Content-Type	application/json

Example body (must be a JSON object):

{
  "user_id": "demo",
  "page": 1
}

caution

Only test endpoints you own or have permission to test. Load Curl sends real HTTP traffic to the URL you enter.

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Step 4 — Configure load

In Load configuration:

Field	What it does	Typical start
Target traffic (RPS)	Requests sent each second at peak	1
Ramp-up time	Seconds to reach target RPS (0 = immediate)	0
Test duration	Total run length	30 seconds (max 120)

The preview shows estimated total requests. Start small on staging, then increase RPS once you have a baseline.

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Step 5 — Start the test

Click Start test. The run is created and workers begin sending traffic.

While it runs you can:

• Watch live metrics (requests, successes, failures, latency, RPS)
• Open the run from history for a live snapshot
• Stop the run early if something looks wrong

Statuses you will see: pending, provisioned, running, completed, failed.

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Step 6 — Review history and the report

When the test finishes:

1. Find it in the Dashboard history list (search and status filters are available).
2. Open the run to see request details and the report.
3. Download a PDF of the report from the run page.

Learn how to read the numbers in Reading test reports.

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What's next?

• Dashboard and account — Settings, sessions, Wallet, Profile
• Workspaces and company upgrade — Invite teammates