wrk script that simulate user typing queries

user-typing.lua

full_query = "I love paris and new york with my friends "
length = 1

local char_to_hex = function(c)
  return string.format("%%%02X", string.byte(c))
end

local function urlencode(url)
  if url == nil then
    return
  end
  url = url:gsub("\n", "\r\n")
  url = url:gsub("([^%w ])", char_to_hex)
  url = url:gsub(" ", "+")
  return url
end

request = function()
   path = "/native-functions/search-big-wat?q=" .. urlencode(string.sub(full_query, 1, length))
   length = (length % string.len(full_query)) + 1
   return wrk.format(nil, path)
end