Reputation: 1072
I want to make a python script that tests the bandwidth of a connection. I am thinking of downloading/uploading a file of a known size using urllib2, and measuring the time it takes to perform this task. I would also like to measure the delay to a given IP address, such as is given by pinging the IP. Is this possible using urllib2?
Upvotes: 4
Views: 1579
Reputation: 1303
You can use PyCurl for this. curl_easy_getinfo gives info about:
CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME
etc.
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 10546
You could download an empty file to measure the delay. You measure more the only the network delay, but the difference should be too big I expect.
Upvotes: 0