req.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import getopt
import random
import sys
import urllib2

def usage():
    print 'Usage of req.py:'
    print '\tpython req.py [OPTIONS] [REQUEST(S)]'
    print '-h: Print help and exit'
    print '-n: How many requests to send.  Default is 5'

def send_http_reqs(num, reqs):
    for i in range(int(num)):
        req = random.choice(reqs)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        print response.read()

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        usage()
        sys.exit(1)

    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hn:')
    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
        print str(err)
        usage()
        sys.exit(1)

    num = 5
    for o, a in opts:
        if o == '-h':
            usage()
            sys.exit(1)
        elif o == '-n':
            num = a

    send_http_reqs(num, args)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())