POST load testing

post_load.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# POST load testing script
# Eugene Varnavsky 2017
# MIT License

from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
import urllib
import _thread
import time

# URL for POST
url = 'http://webserver.local/api/auth'

def mainloop(username, password):
    # POST DATA
    post_fields = {'UserName': username, 'Password': password}
    # 15 attempts
    for i in range(15):
     try:
        print ('Request:', username, ':', password)
        request = Request(url, urlencode(post_fields).encode())
        json = urlopen(request).read().decode()
        print(json)
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
        print('Error:', e.code, ':', e.reason)

# Start threads

_thread.start_new_thread(mainloop, ('user1', 'password1'))
_thread.start_new_thread(mainloop, ('user2', 'password2'))
_thread.start_new_thread(mainloop, ('user3', 'password3'))
_thread.start_new_thread(mainloop, ('user4', 'password4'))
_thread.start_new_thread(mainloop, ('user5', 'password5'))