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+import asyncio
+import datetime
+import logging
+import random
+import time
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db.models import Prefetch
+from django.utils import timezone
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
+
+from clubs.models import ApplicationQuestion, Club, ClubApplication
+from clubs.views import UserViewSet
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = """
+        Runs stress tests on Penn Clubs database to assess performance
+        upgrades on club submissions.
+        """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.num_clubs = 10
+        self.num_users = 10
+        self.subset_size = 1
+        self.num_questions_per_club = 2
+        self.total_submissions = 1
+        self.club_prefix = "test_club_"
+        self.user_prefix = "test_user_"
+
+        self.uri = "/users/question_response/"
+        self.factory = APIRequestFactory()
+        self.view = UserViewSet.as_view({"post": "question_response"})
+
+        self.club_question_ids = {}
+        self.users = []
+        now = timezone.now()
+
+        # Create Clubs
+        clubs = [
+            Club(code=(self.club_prefix + str(i)), name=(f"Test Club {i}"))
+            for i in range(self.num_clubs)
+        ]
+        Club.objects.bulk_create(clubs)
+        clubs = Club.objects.filter(code__startswith=self.club_prefix)
+
+        # Create Club Applications
+        applications = [
+            ClubApplication(
+                name="Test Application",
+                club=club,
+                application_start_time=now - datetime.timedelta(days=1),
+                application_end_time=now + datetime.timedelta(days=3),
+                result_release_time=now + datetime.timedelta(weeks=1),
+                external_url="https://pennlabs.org/",
+            )
+            for club in clubs
+        ]
+        ClubApplication.objects.bulk_create(applications)
+        applications = ClubApplication.objects.filter(club__in=clubs)
+
+        # Create Club Application Questions
+        questions = [
+            ApplicationQuestion(
+                question_type=ApplicationQuestion.FREE_RESPONSE,
+                prompt="Answer the prompt you selected",
+                word_limit=150,
+                application=application,
+            )
+            for _ in range(self.num_questions_per_club)
+            for application in applications
+        ]
+        ApplicationQuestion.objects.bulk_create(questions)
+
+        clubs_data = Club.objects.filter(
+            code__startswith=self.club_prefix
+        ).prefetch_related(
+            Prefetch(
+                "clubapplication_set",
+                queryset=ClubApplication.objects.prefetch_related("questions"),
+            )
+        )
+        for club in clubs_data:
+            question_ids = [
+                str(question.id)
+                for application in club.clubapplication_set.all()
+                for question in application.questions.all()
+            ]
+            self.club_question_ids[club.id] = question_ids
+        print("Finished setting up clubs.")
+
+        # Create Users (Applicants)
+        User = get_user_model()
+        User.objects.bulk_create(
+            [
+                User(
+                    username=self.user_prefix + str(i),
+                    email=str(i) + "@upenn.edu",
+                    password="test",
+                )
+                for i in range(self.num_users)
+            ]
+        )
+        self.users = list(User.objects.filter(username__startswith=self.user_prefix))
+        print("Finished setting up users.")
+
+    @sync_to_async
+    def submit_application(self, user, club_id):
+        start_time = time.time()
+        data = {
+            "questionIds": self.club_question_ids[club_id],
+        }
+        for question_id in self.club_question_ids[club_id]:
+            data[question_id] = {"text": "This is a test answer."}
+
+        request = self.factory.post(self.uri, data, format="json")
+        request.user = user
+
+        self.view(request)
+        end_time = time.time()
+        return end_time - start_time
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        Club.objects.filter(code__startswith=self.club_prefix).delete()
+        for user in self.users:
+            user.delete()
+
+    async def handleAsync(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        random.seed(0)
+
+        # Performance Testing!
+        # Randomly choose some subset of clubs (size: clubs_per_user).
+        # Then apply to them 3 times each in a random order.
+        user_application_pairs = []
+        club_keys = list(self.club_question_ids.keys())
+
+        for user in self.users:
+            sample = random.sample(club_keys, self.subset_size)
+            for club_id in sample:
+                user_application_pairs.extend(
+                    [(user, club_id)] * self.total_submissions
+                )
+        random.shuffle(user_application_pairs)
+        print("Finished generating and shuffling pairs.")
+
+        print("Starting Stress Test.")
+        start_time = time.time()
+        tasks = []
+        for i in range(len(user_application_pairs)):
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                self.submit_application(
+                    user_application_pairs[i][0], user_application_pairs[i][1]
+                )
+            )
+            tasks.append(task)
+        all_tasks = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+        print(all_tasks)
+        end_time = time.time()
+
+        print(f"Throughput was: {sum(all_tasks) / len(all_tasks)} seconds per txn.")
+        print(f"Total processing time was: {end_time - start_time} seconds.")
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.setUp()
+        try:
+            asyncio.run(self.handleAsync(args, kwargs))
+            self.tearDown()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            logging.exception("Something happened!")
+            self.tearDown()