async_scrape-head.py

# async_scrape.py (requires Python 3.7+)
import asyncio, random, time

async def fetch_url(url):
    print(f"~ executing fetch_url({url})")
    t = time.perf_counter()
    await asyncio.sleep(random.randint(1, 5))
    print(f"time of fetch_url({url}): {time.perf_counter() - t:.2f}s")
    return f"<em>fake</em> page html for {url}"

async def analyze_sentiment(html):
    print(f"~ executing analyze_sentiment('{html}')")
    t = time.perf_counter()
    await asyncio.sleep(random.randint(1, 5))
    r = {"positive": random.uniform(0, 1)}
    print(f"time of analyze_sentiment('{html}'): {time.perf_counter() - t:.2f}s")
    return r
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