Create load_balancer.py

distributed_systems/load_balancer.py

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+import requests
+
+def create_load_balancer(hosts):
+    # Create a load balancer using HAProxy or NGINX
+
+    response = requests.get(f'http://{hosts[0]}/load_balance/{len(hosts)}')
+    load_balancer_url = response.json()['load_balancer_url']
+
+    return load_balancer_url
+
+def send_request(load_balancer_url, data):
+    # Send a request to a load balancer
+
+    response = requests.post(load_balancer_url, json=data)
+
+    return response.json()