-j doesn't always output JSON

[SJrX]

This might be user error but in my opinion if you support outputting things in json you should be guaranteed that there is JSON output. In many cases having a log file or if it creates the /root/.siege file it will output to standard out, which means that it's much harder to do anything with the json output.

In a program I have written (that always outputs JSON), anything that is not the JSON response goes to stderr, not standard out. Another option would be to create a new option that lets me specify a file name that will write the JSON report to.

[JoeDog]

Could you provide the conditions under which it doesn't output JSON?

On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 9:19 PM Steve Ramage @.***> wrote:

This might be user error but in my opinion if you support outputting things in json you should be guaranteed that there is JSON output. In many cases having a log file or if it creates the /root/.siege file it will output to standard out, which means that it's much harder to do anything with the json output.

In a program I have written (that always outputs JSON), anything that is not the JSON response goes to stderr, not standard out. Another option would be to create a new option that lets me specify a file name that will write the JSON report to.

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[SJrX]

With this Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:22.04

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y siege jq

Build it and start a new shell

docker build -t siege-test  .
docker run -it --rm siege-test /bin/bash

Then run the following commands.

# siege -c 1 -r 1 -j www.google.ca > report.json
# cat report.json | jq
parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 4
# cat report.json
New configuration template added to /root/.siege
Run siege -C to view the current settings in that file
{       "transactions":                            2,
        "availability":                       100.00,
        "elapsed_time":                         0.26,
        "data_transferred":                     0.02,
        "response_time":                        0.13,
        "transaction_rate":                     7.69,
        "throughput":                           0.08,
        "concurrency":                          1.00,
        "successful_transactions":                 2,
        "failed_transactions":                     0,
        "longest_transaction":                  0.21,
        "shortest_transaction":                 0.05
}

If you run it again, it will pass.

Another example is.

#siege -c 1 -r 1 --log=./siege_log.txt -j www.google.ca  > file.json
cat file.txt | jq
{
  "transactions": 2,
  "availability": 100,
  "elapsed_time": 0.18,
  "data_transferred": 0.02,
  "response_time": 0.09,
  "transaction_rate": 11.11,
  "throughput": 0.12,
  "concurrency": 1,
  "successful_transactions": 2,
  "failed_transactions": 0,
  "longest_transaction": 0.13,
  "shortest_transaction": 0.05
}
parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 14, column 4

#cat file.json
{       "transactions":                            2,
        "availability":                       100.00,
        "elapsed_time":                         0.18,
        "data_transferred":                     0.02,
        "response_time":                        0.09,
        "transaction_rate":                    11.11,
        "throughput":                           0.12,
        "concurrency":                          1.00,
        "successful_transactions":                 2,
        "failed_transactions":                     0,
        "longest_transaction":                  0.13,
        "shortest_transaction":                 0.05
}
LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt
You can disable this log file notification by editing
/root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

In these cases the benefits of having a json formatted output is lost in my opinion, because other output means it can't really be handled programmatically easily.

[JoeDog]

Is this part of the file you're catting?

New configuration template added to /root/.siege Run siege -C to view the current settings in that file

That's from siege.config - There's no need to run that command unless you want create a new config file.

This can be corrected by doing exactly what it says:

LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt You can disable this log file notification by editing /root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

In your config file: show-logfile = false

I will note that as a bug. The LOG FILE: /path message should go to stderr instead of stdout

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 9:31 AM Steve Ramage @.***> wrote:

With this Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:22.04

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y siege jq

Build it and start a new shell

docker build -t siege-test . docker run -it --rm siege-test /bin/bash

Then run the following commands.

siege -c 1 -r 1 -j www.google.ca > report.json

cat report.json | jq

parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 4

cat report.json

New configuration template added to /root/.siege Run siege -C to view the current settings in that file { "transactions": 2, "availability": 100.00, "elapsed_time": 0.26, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.13, "transaction_rate": 7.69, "throughput": 0.08, "concurrency": 1.00, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.21, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 }

If you run it again, it will pass.

Another example is.

siege -c 1 -r 1 --log=./siege_log.txt -j www.google.ca > file.json

cat file.txt | jq { "transactions": 2, "availability": 100, "elapsed_time": 0.18, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.09, "transaction_rate": 11.11, "throughput": 0.12, "concurrency": 1, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.13, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 } parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 14, column 4

cat file.json

{ "transactions": 2, "availability": 100.00, "elapsed_time": 0.18, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.09, "transaction_rate": 11.11, "throughput": 0.12, "concurrency": 1.00, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.13, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 } LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt You can disable this log file notification by editing /root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

In these cases the benefits of having a json formatted output is lost in my opinion, because other output means it can't really be handled programmatically easily.

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[JoeDog]

I pushed out a fix for this

LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt You can disable this log file notification by editing /root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

That will go to stderr now. There's not much I can do to help you with running siege.config. It's a shell script. You can edit it.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 10:33 AM Jeff Fulmer @.***> wrote:

Is this part of the file you're catting?

New configuration template added to /root/.siege Run siege -C to view the current settings in that file

That's from siege.config - There's no need to run that command unless you want create a new config file.

This can be corrected by doing exactly what it says:

LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt You can disable this log file notification by editing /root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

In your config file: show-logfile = false

I will note that as a bug. The LOG FILE: /path message should go to stderr instead of stdout

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 9:31 AM Steve Ramage @.***> wrote:

With this Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:22.04

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y siege jq

Build it and start a new shell

docker build -t siege-test . docker run -it --rm siege-test /bin/bash

Then run the following commands.

siege -c 1 -r 1 -j www.google.ca > report.json

cat report.json | jq

parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 4

cat report.json

New configuration template added to /root/.siege Run siege -C to view the current settings in that file { "transactions": 2, "availability": 100.00, "elapsed_time": 0.26, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.13, "transaction_rate": 7.69, "throughput": 0.08, "concurrency": 1.00, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.21, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 }

If you run it again, it will pass.

Another example is.

siege -c 1 -r 1 --log=./siege_log.txt -j www.google.ca > file.json

cat file.txt | jq { "transactions": 2, "availability": 100, "elapsed_time": 0.18, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.09, "transaction_rate": 11.11, "throughput": 0.12, "concurrency": 1, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.13, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 } parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 14, column 4

cat file.json

{ "transactions": 2, "availability": 100.00, "elapsed_time": 0.18, "data_transferred": 0.02, "response_time": 0.09, "transaction_rate": 11.11, "throughput": 0.12, "concurrency": 1.00, "successful_transactions": 2, "failed_transactions": 0, "longest_transaction": 0.13, "shortest_transaction": 0.05 } LOG FILE: ./siege_log.txt You can disable this log file notification by editing /root/.siege/siege.conf and changing 'show-logfile' to false.

In these cases the benefits of having a json formatted output is lost in my opinion, because other output means it can't really be handled programmatically easily.

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[SJrX]

Thank you.

That will go to stderr now. There's not much I can do to help you with running siege.config. It's a shell script. You can edit it.

This part I didn't understand.

I think maybe the safest thing would be to have a way of just putting the JSON file output somewhere specific. I think that if you have a flag that says output will be json, all output should be json. I'm kind of leary about putting on logging or verbosity with the -j flag. I'm not sure what can handle JSON with non JSON.

But I found a way around this now :) Thanks again.