async_vs_sync_get_post.py

import grequests, requests, time

then = time.time()

urls = [
    'https://api.ohsome.org/v0.9/elements/geometry?bboxes=8.625%2C49.3711%2C8.7334%2C49.4397&properties=tags&showMetadata=false&time=2014-01-01%2C2017-01-01&types=way',
    'https://api.ohsome.org/v0.9/elements/geometry?bboxes=8.625%2C49.3711%2C8.7334%2C49.4397&properties=tags&showMetadata=false&time=2014-01-01%2C2017-01-01&types=way',
    'https://api.ohsome.org/v0.9/elements/geometry?bboxes=8.625%2C49.3711%2C8.7334%2C49.4397&properties=tags&showMetadata=false&time=2014-01-01%2C2017-01-01&types=way'
]

#### Async approach 
# rs = (grequests.post(u) for u in urls)
# requests = grequests.map(rs)
# for response in requests:
#     print(response.content)
####

#### Sync approach
for i in range(len(urls)):
    r = requests.post(url = urls[i])
    print r.content
####

now = time.time()
print("It took: ", now-then, " seconds")