stree_test.py

import os, sys, httplib2, random

buf_min = 1024
buf_max = 2048



def postStress(uri):
    f = open("/dev/urandom", "r")
    h = httplib2.Http()
    headers = { "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream" }
    while True:
        try:
            bsize = random.randint(buf_min, buf_max)
            buffer = f.read(bsize)
            # post 
            (res, content) = h.request(uri, "POST", headers=headers, body=buffer)
            print str(res)
        except Exception, e:
            print "Error (%s)"%str(e)
            time.sleep(1)
            continue


if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "Usage %s <uri>"%sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(1)

    uri = sys.argv[1]
    postStress(uri)