From bad042c6a1d1ba740defb13784eedc9d29def181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bhavishya Chaturvedi
 <139005062+Bhavishya-Chaturvedi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:47:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add elapsed_time.py to measure API request times

This script reads a CSV file of FOSS projects and their languages, makes HTTP requests to a tutorial search API, and logs the elapsed time and status of each request into a new CSV file.
---
 python-scripts/elapsed_time.py | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python-scripts/elapsed_time.py

diff --git a/python-scripts/elapsed_time.py b/python-scripts/elapsed_time.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf0e7530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-scripts/elapsed_time.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import requests
+import csv
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+
+INPUT_FILE = "foss-lang.csv"
+OUTPUT_FILE = "request_results.csv"
+
+# Limit number of output rows (you can change this!)
+counter = 50
+
+# Spoken Tutorial search URL
+BASE_URL = "https://beta.spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/"
+
+
+def make_request(url, params):
+    timestamp = datetime.now().isoformat()
+    try:
+        res = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
+        elapsed = res.elapsed.total_seconds()
+        status = res.status_code
+        return elapsed, status, timestamp
+    except:
+        return None, None, timestamp
+
+
+def main():
+    with open(INPUT_FILE, "r") as infile, open(OUTPUT_FILE, "w", newline="") as outfile:
+        reader = csv.DictReader(infile)
+        writer = csv.writer(outfile)
+
+        # CSV header
+        writer.writerow([
+            "foss",
+            "language",
+            "url",
+            "elapsed1",
+            "elapsed2",
+            "status_code",
+            "timestamp"
+        ])
+
+        count = 0
+
+        for row in reader:
+
+            if count >= counter:
+                break
+
+            foss = row["foss"].strip()
+            language = row["language"].strip()
+
+            # Replace spaces with "+" for URL
+            foss_url = foss.replace(" ", "+")
+
+            # Build URL correctly
+            final_url = (
+                f"{BASE_URL}?search_foss={foss_url}"
+                f"&search_language={language}"
+            )
+
+            params = {
+                "search_foss": foss,
+                "search_language": language
+            }
+
+            # 1st request
+            elapsed1, status1, ts1 = make_request(BASE_URL, params)
+
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+            # 2nd request
+            elapsed2, status2, ts2 = make_request(BASE_URL, params)
+
+            final_status = status2 if status2 is not None else status1
+            final_timestamp = ts2
+
+            writer.writerow([
+                foss,
+                language,
+                final_url,
+                elapsed1,
+                elapsed2,
+                final_status,
+                final_timestamp
+            ])
+
+            print(f"Done → {foss}-{language}: {elapsed1}s, {elapsed2}s")
+            count += 1
+
+    print("\nCSV created:", OUTPUT_FILE)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()