Is there tools for performance and load testing of REST service?

Question

We have web-application with REST interface. Is there some tools to test it?

Answer 1

rest services should be easy to test with jmeter (http://jmeter.apache.org)

Answer 2

Yes, SoapUI and Apache Jakarta JMeter

Answer 3

A RESTful web app/API is just HTTP, so no specialized tools are needed to test performance (as opposed to functional testing, where specialized tools could be helpful). You basically just need to make a lot of HTTP requests and record the results.

I prefer ApacheBench to more complex tools such as JMeter. It's very simple and easily scriptable — just write a shell script. I also find it oriented on HTTP, while tools like JMeter are designed to support simulating human usage patterns.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/ab.html