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Command line client for LibreSpeed
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![LibreSpeed Logo](https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest/blob/master/.logo/logo3.png?raw=true)

# LibreSpeed command line tool
Don't have a GUI but want to use LibreSpeed servers to test your Internet speed? 🚀

`librespeed-cli` comes to rescue!

This is a command line interface for LibreSpeed speed test backends, written in Go.

## Features
- Ping
- Jitter
- Download
- Upload
- IP address
- ISP Information
- Result sharing (telemetry) *[optional]*
- Test with multiple servers in a single run
- Use your own server list or telemetry endpoints
- Tested with PHP and Go backends

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/J17bUAilWI3qR12JyhfGvPwu2.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/J17bUAilWI3qR12JyhfGvPwu2)

## Requirements for compiling
- Go 1.14+

## Runtime requirements
- Any [Go supported platforms](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/MinimumRequirements)

## Use prebuilt binaries

If you don't want to build `librespeed-cli` yourself, you can find different binaries compiled for various platforms in
the [releases page](https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest-cli/releases).

## Building `librespeed-cli`

1. First, you'll have to install Go (at least version 1.11). For Windows users, [you can download an installer from golang.org](https://golang.org/dl/).
For Linux users, you can use either the archive from golang.org, or install from your distribution's package manager.

For example, Arch Linux:

```shell script
# pacman -S go
```

2. Then, clone the repository:

```shell script
$ git clone -b v1.0.0 https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest-cli
```

3. After you have Go installed on your system (and added to your `$PATH` if you're using the archive from golang.org), you
can now proceed to build `librespeed-cli` with the build script:

```shell script
$ cd speedtest-cli
$ ./build.sh
```

If you want to build for another operating system or system architecture, use the `GOOS` and `GOARCH` environment
variables. Run `go tool dist list` to get a list of possible combinations of `GOOS` and `GOARCH`.

Note: Technically, the CLI can be compiled with older Go versions that support Go modules, with `GO111MODULE=on`
set. If you're compiling with an older Go runtime, you might have to change the Go version in `go.mod`.

```shell script
# Let's say we're building for 64-bit Windows on Linux
$ GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 ./build.sh
```

4. When the build script finishes, if everything went smoothly, you can find the built binary under directory `out`.

```shell script
$ ls out
librespeed-cli-windows-amd64.exe
```

5. Now you can use the `librespeed-cli` and test your Internet speed!

## Install from AUR

To install `librespeed-cli` from AUR, use your favorite AUR helper and install package `librespeed-cli-bin`

```shell script
$ yay librespeed-cli-bin
```

... or, clone it and build it yourself:

```shell script
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/librespeed-cli-bin.git
$ cd librespeed-cli-bin
$ makepkg -si
```

## Install from Homebrew

See the [librespeed-cli Homebrew tap](https://github.com/librespeed/homebrew-tap#setup).

## Install on Windows

If you have either [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) or [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) installed you can use one of the following commands:

- Scoop (ensure you have the `extras` bucket added):
```
> scoop install librespeed-cli
```

- Chocolatey:
```
> choco install librespeed-cli
```

## Container Image

You can run `librespeed-cli` in a container.

1. Build the container image:

```shell script
docker build -t librespeed-cli:latest .
```

2. Run the container:

```shell script
docker run --rm --name librespeed-cli librespeed-cli:latest
# With options
docker run --rm --name librespeed-cli librespeed-cli:latest --telemetry-level disabled --no-upload
# To avoid "Failed to ping target host: socket: permission denied" errors when using --verbose
docker run --rm --name librespeed-cli --sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range="0 2147483647" librespeed-cli:latest --verbose
```

## Usage

You can see the full list of supported options with `librespeed-cli -h`:

```shell script
$ librespeed-cli -h
NAME:
librespeed-cli - Test your Internet speed with LibreSpeed 🚀

USAGE:
librespeed-cli [global options] [arguments...]

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version Show the version number and exit (default: false)
--ipv4, -4 Force IPv4 only (default: false)
--ipv6, -6 Force IPv6 only (default: false)
--no-download Do not perform download test (default: false)
--no-upload Do not perform upload test (default: false)
--no-icmp Do not use ICMP ping. ICMP doesn't work well under Linux
at this moment, so you might want to disable it (default: false)
--concurrent value Concurrent HTTP requests being made (default: 3)
--bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect
the image generated by --share, nor output from
--json or --csv (default: false)
--mebibytes Use 1024 bytes as 1 kilobyte instead of 1000 (default: false)
--distance value Change distance unit shown in ISP info, use 'mi' for miles,
'km' for kilometres, 'NM' for nautical miles (default: "km")
--share Generate and provide a URL to the LibreSpeed.org share results
image, not displayed with --csv (default: false)
--simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
(default: false)
--csv Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV
format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes
(default: false)
--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER Single character delimiter (CSV_DELIMITER) to use in
CSV output. (default: ",")
--csv-header Print CSV headers (default: false)
--json Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not
affected by --bytes (default: false)
--list Display a list of LibreSpeed.org servers (default: false)
--server SERVER Specify a SERVER ID to test against. Can be supplied
multiple times. Cannot be used with --exclude
--exclude EXCLUDE EXCLUDE a server from selection. Can be supplied
multiple times. Cannot be used with --server
--server-json value Use an alternative server list from remote JSON file
--local-json value Use an alternative server list from local JSON file,
or read from stdin with "--local-json -".
--source SOURCE SOURCE IP address to bind to
--timeout TIMEOUT HTTP TIMEOUT in seconds. (default: 15)
--duration value Upload and download test duration in seconds (default: 15)
--chunks value Chunks to download from server, chunk size depends on server configuration (default: 100)
--upload-size value Size of payload being uploaded in KiB (default: 1024)
--secure Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with
LibreSpeed.org operated servers (default: false)
--skip-cert-verify Skip verifying SSL certificate for HTTPS connections (self-signed certs) (default: false)
--no-pre-allocate Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is
enabled by default to improve upload performance. To
support systems with insufficient memory, use this
option to avoid out of memory errors (default: false)
--telemetry-json value Load telemetry server settings from a JSON file. This
options overrides --telemetry-level, --telemetry-server,
--telemetry-path, and --telemetry-share. Implies --share
--telemetry-level value Set telemetry data verbosity, available values are:
disabled, basic, full, debug. Implies --share
--telemetry-server value Set the telemetry server base URL. Implies --share
--telemetry-path value Set the telemetry upload path. Implies --share
--telemetry-share value Set the telemetry share link path. Implies --share
--telemetry-extra value Send a custom message along with the telemetry results.
Implies --share
```

## Use a custom backend server list
The `librespeed-cli` supports loading custom backend server list from a JSON file (remotely via `--server-json` or
locally via `--local-json`). The format is as below:

```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "PHP Backend",
"server": "https://example.com/",
"dlURL": "garbage.php",
"ulURL": "empty.php",
"pingURL": "empty.php",
"getIpURL": "getIP.php"
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Go Backend",
"server": "http://example.com/speedtest/",
"dlURL": "garbage",
"ulURL": "empty",
"pingURL": "empty",
"getIpURL": "getIP"
}
]
```

The `--local-json` option can also read from `stdin`:

`echo '[{"id": 1,"name": "a","server": "https://speedtest.example.com/","dlURL": "garbage.php","ulURL": "empty.php","pingURL": "empty.php","getIpURL": "getIP.php"}]' | librespeed-cli --local-json - `

As you can see in the example, all servers have their schemes defined. In case of undefined scheme (e.g. `//example.com`),
`librespeed-cli` will use `http` by default, or `https` when the `--secure` option is enabled.

## Use a custom telemetry server
By default, the telemetry result will be sent to `librespeed.org`. You can also customize your telemetry settings
via the `--telemetry` prefixed options. In order to load a custom telemetry endpoint configuration, you'll have to use the
`--telemetry-json` option to specify a local JSON file containing the configuration bits. The format is as below:

```json
{
"telemetryLevel": "full",
"server": "https://example.com",
"path": "/results/telemetry.php",
"shareURL": "/results/"
}
```

For `telemetryLevel`, four values are available:

- `disabled` to disable telemetry
- `basic` to enable telemetry with result only)
- `full` to enable telemetry with result and timing
- `debug` to enable the most verbose telemetry information

`server` defines the base URL for the backend's endpoints. `path` is the path for uploading the telemetry result, and
`shareURL` is the path for fetching the uploaded result in PNG format.

Currently, `--telemetry-json` only supports loading a local JSON file.

## Bugs?

Although we have tested the cli, it's still in its early days. Please open an issue if you encounter any bugs, or even
better, submit a PR.

## How to contribute

If you have some good ideas on improving `librespeed-cli`, you can always submit a PR via GitHub.

## License

`librespeed-cli` is licensed under [GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest-cli/blob/master/LICENSE)