Add script for generating metrics on read_root

README.md

@@ -79,3 +79,11 @@ Update the VSCode Extension settings to use the url to your local Prometheus ser
   "autometrics.prometheusUrl": "http://localhost:8063"
 }
 ```
+
+### Generating Data
+
+There is a script in the root of the repo that can be executed to generate data inside Prometheus. See: `generate-traffic.sh`
+
+You can copy-paste the script into a shell, or execute it directly from the repo.
+
+Traffic will appear for the `read_root` function.

generate-traffic.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will fetch a URL using curl at a random interval between 100ms and 5s
+while true; do
+    # Generate a random sleep time between 100ms and 5s
+    sleep_time=$(awk -v min=0.1 -v max=5 'BEGIN{srand(); print int(min+rand()*(max-min+1))}')
+    sleep "$sleep_time"
+
+    # Fetch the URL using curl
+    curl -s -o /dev/null "https://example.com"  # Replace "https://example.com" with your desired URL
+done