simplify running applications without logging messages for every HTTP request

Author: kolomenkin

README.md

@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1645)
 Number of HTTP server threads: 8  
 Logging of every request is disabled for both server and client side.
 
+Starting applications without logging messages for every HTTP request:
+
+```bash
+WebServer.exe --no-logs
+Client.exe --no-logs
+```
+
 ### Results
 
 | Number of <br/>request threads | 10K requests <br/>per thread, req/sec | 100K requests <br/>per thread, req/sec |

client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import http.client
 import multiprocessing
 import random
+import sys
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@
 
 PERCENT_OF_WRITES = 1
 
-LOG_EVERY_REQUEST = True
+arg1 = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ''
+
+LOG_EVERY_REQUEST = arg1 != '--no-logs'
 
 # =======================================
 

main.cpp

@@ -11,18 +11,19 @@
 #include <thread>
 
 
-int main(void)
+int main(const int argc, const char * const * const argv)
 {
     LOG_INFO << "main: begin" << std::endl;
+    const std::string arg1 = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "";
 
     // =========================================================
     // ===   Configuration:
     // =========================================================
 
     const std::string   listenHost = "127.0.0.1";
     const std::uint16_t listenPort = 8000;
-    const std::string databaseFilename = "database.json";
-    const bool logEachRequest = true;
+    const std::string   databaseFilename = "database.json";
+    const bool          logEachRequest = arg1 != "--no-logs";
 
     // =========================================================