example of simulating multiple users to use in a locust load testing script

sample_locust_multiple_user_login.py

import time,randint,config

users           = 1000
users_rate      = 10

class UserBehavior(TaskSet):

    wait_secs = config.wait_for_locusts_to_hatch(locusts_num=users, hatch_rate=users_rate)

      def on_start(self):
            print "-----Start of locust run-----"
      
            user_num = random.randint(602, 10000)
            username = "user_%s" % user_num
            password = "secret"
      
            # required time to hatch the users
            config.load_sleep(self.wait_secs, self.wait_secs)
      
            self.login_use(user_num, username, password)
      
            print "-----End of locust run-----"

# This should be imported from a config file            
# def wait_for_locusts_to_hatch(locusts_num, hatch_rate):
#     wait_secs = (locusts_num / hatch_rate) + 10 # +10 to be safe
#     print "-- Waiting %s secs for locusts to hatch --" % wait_secs

#     return wait_secs