load_test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import thread
import sys

def fetch_api(url):
    res = urllib2.urlopen(url)

def fetch_api_hits(url, number_of_hits):
    for i in range(number_of_hits):
        fetch_api(url)
        print i

def fetch_api_concurrent_users(url, number_of_hits, number_of_users):
    for i in range(number_of_users):
        thread.start_new_thread(fetch_api_hits, (url, number_of_users,))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    url = sys.argv[1]
    number_of_hits = int(sys.argv[2])
    number_of_users = int(sys.argv[3])
    fetch_api_concurrent_users(url, number_of_hits, number_of_users)