Threaded vs Un-threaded functions for the SMS API

threaded.py

from time import sleep, perf_counter
import requests

def task1():
    print("Started Unthreaded Requests")
    send_sms = requests.get('{{api_url}}?number=254797584194&text=hello')
    print(send_sms.status_code)

start_time = perf_counter()

task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()
task1()

end_time = perf_counter()

print(f'It took {end_time- start_time: 0.2f} second(s) to complete send 10 messages')

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## Threaded Functions
from time import sleep, perf_counter
from threading import Thread


def task(id):
    print("Started Threaded Requests")
    send_sms = requests.get('{{api_url}}?number=254797584194&text=hello')
    return send_sms.status_code


start_time = perf_counter()

# create and start 10 threads
threads = []
for n in range(1, 11):
    t = Thread(target=task, args=(n,))
    threads.append(t)
    t.start()

# wait for the threads to complete
for t in threads:
    t.join()

end_time = perf_counter()

print(f'It took {end_time- start_time: 0.2f} second(s) to send 10 messages.')