Function get_empty_argument_parser

locust/argument_parser.py:219–260

(add_help=True, default_config_files=DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES)

def get_empty_argument_parser(add_help=True, default_config_files=DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES) -> LocustArgumentParser:
    parser = LocustArgumentParser(
        default_config_files=default_config_files,
        config_file_parser_class=LocustConfigParser,
        add_env_var_help=False,
        add_config_file_help=False,
        add_help=add_help,
        formatter_class=configargparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
        usage=configargparse.SUPPRESS,
        description=textwrap.dedent(
            """
Usage: locust [options] [UserClass ...]
        """
        ),
        epilog="""Examples:

    locust -f my_test.py -H https://www.example.com

    locust --headless -u 100 -t 20m --processes 4 MyHttpUser AnotherUser

    locust --headless -u 100 -r 10 -t 50 --print-stats --html "test_report_{u}_{r}_{t}.html"
    (The above run would generate an html file with the name "test_report_100_10_50.html")

See documentation for more details, including how to set options using a file or environment variables: https://docs.locust.io/en/stable/configuration.html""",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-f",
        "--locustfile",
        metavar="<filename>",
        default="locustfile.py",
        help="The Python file or module that contains your test, e.g. 'my_test.py'. Accepts multiple comma-separated .py files, a package name/directory or a url to a remote locustfile. Defaults to 'locustfile.py'.",
        env_var="LOCUST_LOCUSTFILE",
    )

    parser.add_argument(
        "--config",
        is_config_file_arg=True,
        help="File to read additional configuration from. See https://docs.locust.io/en/stable/configuration.html#configuration-file",
        metavar="<filename>",
    )

    return parser


def download_locustfile_from_master(master_host: str, master_port: int) -> str: