github-keepalive-connections.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
import logging
import time
import os
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
start_time = time.time()

github_username = os.environ['github_username']
github_access_token = os.environ['github_access_token']

session = requests.Session()
for i in range(50):
  url = "https://api.github.com/users/{}"
  response = session.get(url.format(i+1), auth=HTTPBasicAuth(github_username, github_access_token))
  response_dict = json.loads(response.text)
  print(response_dict['name'])

print("--- %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))