Failure injection
Failure injection for testing retries, timeouts and resilience: random failures, deterministic fail-N-times-then-succeed, slow/hanging responses, dropped connections, truncated bodies and huge headers. All waits end early if the client disconnects.
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- GETPOST
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/abortDrop the connection without sending any responseDrop the connection without sending any response. - GETPOST
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/flakyFail at random with 503 to test retriesFail at random with 503 to test retries. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/huge-headersRespond with many large headersRespond with many large headers. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/partialSend a truncated body, then drop the connectionSend a truncated body, then drop the connection. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/random-latencyRespond with a realistic latency spreadRespond with a realistic latency spread. - GETPOST
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/retry/{key}Fail the first N attempts for a key, then succeedFail the first N attempts for a key, then succeed. - DELETE
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/retry/{key}Reset the attempt counter for a keyReset the attempt counter for a key. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/slowWait a random time within a range, then respondWait a random time within a range, then respond. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/timeoutHang for a number of seconds, then respondHang for a number of seconds, then respond.
Example request
Drop the connection without sending any response. Full reference and a Send button.
curl -X GET "https://api.testingapis.com/api/chaos/abort" \
-H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"The server drops the TCP connection immediately. Clients see a network error (for example curl exit code 56); there is no HTTP response.Sign in to see the details
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