--- a/.hgignore	Mon Oct 13 22:41:21 2014 -0700
+++ b/.hgignore	Wed Oct 15 08:11:14 2014 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 syntax:glob
-benchmarks
 venv
 node_modules
 wikked/static
@@ -11,4 +10,8 @@
 *.sublime-*
 MANIFEST
 Wikked.egg-info
+benchmarks/Benchmark.conf
+benchmarks/logs
+benchmarks/logs-distributed
+benchmarks/results
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/benchmarks/Benchmark.conf.sample	Wed Oct 15 08:11:14 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# main section for the test case
+[main]
+title=Wikked Load Tests 1
+description=Test fetching pages randomly
+url=http://localhost:5000
+
+# a section for each test
+[test_benchmark]
+description=Access some random URLs
+#username=foo
+#password=bar
+page_names=Main page;Sandbox;Another Sandbox
+nb_times=20
+
+# a section to configure the test mode
+[ftest]
+log_to = console file
+log_path = logs/test-load1.log
+result_path = results/test-load1.xml
+sleep_time_min = 0
+sleep_time_max = 0
+
+# a section to configure the bench mode
+[bench]
+cycles = 10:20:40
+duration = 10
+startup_delay = 0.01
+sleep_time = 0.01
+cycle_time = 1
+log_to =
+log_path = logs/bench-load1.log
+result_path = results/bench-load1.xml
+sleep_time_min = 0
+sleep_time_max = 0.5
+
+[distribute]
+log_path = log-distributed
+funkload_location=http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/f/funkload/funkload-1.16.1.tar.gz
+
+[workers]
+hosts = foo1 foo2
+
+[foo1]
+host=foo's ip
+username=foo
+ssh_key=foo's key
+
+[foo2]
+host=foo's ip
+username=foo
+ssh_key=foo's key
+

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/benchmarks/test_benchmark.py	Wed Oct 15 08:11:14 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import re
+import urllib
+import random
+import unittest
+from funkload.FunkLoadTestCase import FunkLoadTestCase
+
+
+class Benchmark(FunkLoadTestCase):
+    """This test uses a configuration file Benchmark.conf."""
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.server_url = self.conf_get('main', 'url')
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        server_url = self.server_url
+        if not re.match('https?://', server_url):
+            raise Exception("The `server_url` setting doesn't have a scheme.")
+
+        username = self.conf_get('test_benchmark', 'username', None)
+        password = self.conf_get('test_benchmark', 'password', None)
+        if username and password:
+            self.post(self.server_url + "/api/user/login",
+                  params=[['username', username],
+                          ['password', password]],
+                  description="Login as %s" % username)
+
+        nb_times = self.conf_getInt('test_benchmark', 'nb_times')
+        names = self.conf_get('test_benchmark', 'page_names').split(';')
+        for i in range(nb_times):
+            r = random.randint(0, len(names) - 1)
+            url = server_url + '/api/read/' + urllib.quote(names[r])
+            self.get(url, description='Getting %s' % names[r])
+
+
+if __name__ in ('main', '__main__'):
+    unittest.main()
+