MAJOR Fix: Resolved API Request Delays;

Feat: Added a dev test account to users for expedited login;
Refactor: Improve socket connection handling and add logging for API request duration & update to ListRow key generation for improved uniqueness;
Feat: Made it so streams with no set thumbnail use their category's thumbnail;
Minor Fix: Corrections to db recommendation methods;

web_server/blueprints/utils.py

@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 from flask import redirect, url_for, request, g, session
 from functools import wraps
 from re import match
+from time import time
 
 def logged_in_user():
     """
     Validator to make sure a user is logged in.
     """
+    g.start_time = time()
     g.user = session.get("username", None)
     g.admin = session.get("username", None)
 
+def record_time(response):
+    if hasattr(g, 'start_time'):
+            time_taken = time() - g.start_time
+            print(f"Request to {request.endpoint} took {time_taken:.4f} seconds", flush=True)
+    else:
+        print("No start time found", flush=True)
+    return response
+
 def login_required(view):
     """
     Add at start of routes where users need to be logged in to access.