Test Internet Speed using Python

Python as a language offers various functionalities and has a wide range of applications. One such application we will be talking in this post is to measure speed of the internet using speedtest-cli library of Python.
We will be able to calculate download speed, upload speed, and ping using this library.

Library Used:

We will be using speedtest-cli library. It is a module that is used in a command-line interface used to measure the speed of the internet using speedtest.net.
To install it use the following command

pip install speedtest-cli

Implementation:

import speedtest   #Import library

st = speedtest.Speedtest()
speedoption = int(input('''What speed do you want to test: 
1) Download Speed 
2) Upload Speed 
3) Ping 
Your Choice: '''))

if speedoption == 1:
  print(st.download())     # To get download speed
elif speedoption == 2:
  print(st.upload())       # To get upload speed
elif speedoption == 3:
  servernames =[]
  st.get_servers(servernames)
  print(st.results.ping)     #To get ping 
else:
  print("Invalid Choice")

Output:

We will be getting the following result on choosing following options 1,2,3 respectively-

Option 1:

What speed do you want to test: 
1) Download Speed 
2) Upload Speed 
3) Ping 
Your Choice: 1
9298984.994032167

Option 2:

 

What speed do you want to test: 
1) Download Speed 
2) Upload Speed 
3) Ping 
Your Choice: 2
4658825.902497861

Option 3:

 

What speed do you want to test: 
1) Download Speed 
2) Upload Speed 
3) Ping 
Your Choice: 3
0

So, with this way, we are able to check the internet speed with Python.

 

This is how it works. For any queries contact [email protected]