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https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

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Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net

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speedtest-cli

=============



Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using

speedtest.net



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        :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/speedtest-cli/

        :alt: Latest Version

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        :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/speedtest-cli/

        :alt: Travis

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        :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/speedtest-cli/

        :alt: License



Versions

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speedtest-cli works with Python 2.4-3.7



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        :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/speedtest-cli/

        :alt: Versions



Installation

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pip / easy\_install

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



::



    pip install speedtest-cli



or



::



    easy_install speedtest-cli



Github

~~~~~~



::



    pip install git+https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli.git



or



::



    git clone https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli.git

    cd speedtest-cli

    python setup.py install



Just download (Like the way it used to be)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



::



    wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py

    chmod +x speedtest-cli



or



::



    curl -Lo speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py

    chmod +x speedtest-cli



Usage

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::



    $ speedtest-cli -h

    usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--no-download] [--no-upload] [--single] [--bytes]

                         [--share] [--simple] [--csv]

                         [--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER] [--csv-header] [--json]

                         [--list] [--server SERVER] [--exclude EXCLUDE]

                         [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT]

                         [--secure] [--no-pre-allocate] [--version]



    Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli



    optional arguments:

      -h, --help            show this help message and exit

      --no-download         Do not perform download test

      --no-upload           Do not perform upload test

      --single              Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This

                            simulates a typical file transfer.

      --bytes               Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not

                            affect the image generated by --share, nor output from

                            --json or --csv

      --share               Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share

                            results image, not displayed with --csv

      --simple              Suppress verbose output, only show basic information

      --csv                 Suppress verbose output, only show basic information

                            in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected

                            by --bytes

      --csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER

                            Single character delimiter to use in CSV output.

                            Default ","

      --csv-header          Print CSV headers

      --json                Suppress verbose output, only show basic information

                            in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not

                            affected by --bytes

      --list                Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by

                            distance

      --server SERVER       Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied

                            multiple times

      --exclude EXCLUDE     Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied

                            multiple times

      --mini MINI           URL of the Speedtest Mini server

      --source SOURCE       Source IP address to bind to

      --timeout TIMEOUT     HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10

      --secure              Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with

                            speedtest.net operated servers

      --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 a MemoryError

      --version             Show the version number and exit



Python API

----------



See the `wiki `_.



Inconsistency

-------------



It is not a goal of this application to be a reliable latency reporting tool.



Latency reported by this tool should not be relied on as a value indicative of ICMP

style latency. It is a relative value used for determining the lowest latency server

for performing the actual speed test against.



There is the potential for this tool to report results inconsistent with Speedtest.net.

There are several concepts to be aware of that factor into the potential inconsistency:



1. Speedtest.net has migrated to using pure socket tests instead of HTTP based tests

2. This application is written in Python

3. Different versions of Python will execute certain parts of the code faster than others

4. CPU and Memory capacity and speed will play a large part in inconsistency between

   Speedtest.net and even other machines on the same network



Issues relating to inconsistencies will be closed as wontfix and without

additional reason or context.