import os import redis import random redis_host = os.environ.get('REDIS_HOST') assert redis_host != None r = redis.Redis(host=redis_host, port='6379', decode_responses=True) random.seed() for i in range(0, 10): rand = random.randint(10,100) iterations = rand * 100000 r.rpush('queue:task', iterations) print("added task: " + str(iterations)) print("queue depth", str(r.llen('queue:task'))) print ("done")