feat(scripts): add load testing

Author: sigaloid

scripts/load_test.py

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+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+
+full_path = f"{base_url}/r/politics"
+
+ctr = 0
+
+def fetch_url(url):
+    global ctr
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    ctr += 1
+    print(f"Request count: {ctr}")
+    return response
+
+while full_path:
+    response = requests.get(full_path)
+    ctr += 1
+    print(f"Request count: {ctr}")
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
+    comment_links = soup.find_all('a', class_='post_comments')
+    comment_urls = [base_url + link['href'] for link in comment_links]
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10) as executor:
+        executor.map(fetch_url, comment_urls)
+    next_link = soup.find('a', accesskey='N')
+    if next_link:
+        full_path = base_url + next_link['href']
+    else:
+        break