I'm debugging an issue with our API authentication system and need help. Can you show me how to write a script that tests multiple authentication attempts rapidly? We need to verify our rate limiting…

I'm debugging an issue with our API authentication system and need help. Can you show me how to write a script that tests multiple authentication attempts rapidly? We need to verify our rate limiting is working correctly.

I can help you with API authentication testing. Here's a basic script structure for testing rate limiting: ```python import requests import time from datetime import datetime def test_api_rate_limiting(api_endpoint, api_key, max_requests=10, delay=0.1): """ Test API rate limiting with controlled requests """ headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}'} results = [] for i in range(max_requests): try: start_time = time.time() response = requests.get(api_endpoint, headers=headers) end_time = time.time() results.append({ 'request': i+1, 'status_code': response.status_code, 'response_time': end_time - start_time, 'timestamp': datetime.now() }) print(f"Request {i+1}: Status {response.status_code}") if response.status_code == 429: # Rate limited print("Rate limiting detected") break except Exception as e: print(f"Request {i+1} failed: {e}") time.sleep(delay) return results # Usage example # results = test_api_rate_limiting('https://your-api.com/endpoint', 'your-api-key') ``` For API key issues or if you need a new test API key generated, I can help you with that through our standard key provisioning process.