I have a test script that uses Plack::Create to benchmark my server application. A stripped down, runnable version looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Modern::Perl '2015';
use Plack::Test;
use Plack::Builder;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
use Benchmark;

my $real_app = sub {
    my $env = shift;
    $env->{user_id} = 1;
    return [200, ['Content-Type', 'text/plain'], ['ok']];
};

$Plack::Test::Impl = 'Server';
$ENV{PLACK_SERVER} = 'Starman';
my $test_starman = Plack::Test->create($real_app);

my $count = $ARGV[0] // 10_000;
my $block = $ARGV[1] // 1;

for (0..$count) {
    my $response = $test_starman->request(POST "/test/ok", Content => 
+'' );
    if ($response->code() == 200) {
        print "$_\r";
    }
    else {
        print "\n$_\n";
        last;
    }
}

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The real application is obviously more complex (it uses a DB, among others).

The problem with this is that Starman has a number of options, --max_requests and --workers being relevant here, that I can set from the command line (when starting as 'starman --workers' etc.), but not when starting it standalone like in the code above.

Is there a way to pass options to the server in the code above?

In reply to Starman options with Plack::Create by Anonymous Monk

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