node-chat load testing

var http = require("http"),
	querystring = require("querystring"),
	sys = require("sys");

var channel = "http://chat.nodejitsu.com/chat",
	speed = 5000,
	spammers = 10;

for (var i = 0; i < spammers; i++ ) {
	setTimeout(startSpamming, (speed / spammers) * i);
}

function startSpamming() {
	var nick = "spammer" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 10000));
	
	http.cat(channel + "/join?" + querystring.stringify({ nick: nick}), function(status, content) {
		sys.puts("joined: " + sys.inspect(content));
		
		var id = JSON.parse(content).id,
			count = 0;
		
		var interval = setInterval(function() {
			var query = querystring.stringify({
				id: id,
				text: "spamming the chat " + (++count)
			});
			http.cat(channel + "/send?" + query);
			sys.print(".");
			if (!(count % 50)) {
				sys.print("\n");
			}
		}, speed);
		
		process.addListener("SIGINT", function() {
			http.cat(channel + "/part?" + querystring.stringify({ id: id }), function() {
				clearInterval(interval);
				sys.puts("\nSent " + count + " messages.");
			});
		});
	});
}

script to spam a node-chat server, used for load testing