nloding · February 1, 2016 21:00 · Feb 1, 2016
diff --git a/lolbandwidth.py b/lolbandwidth.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#stolen and modified from the reddit post about the raspbeery pi tweeting at comcast
+#run this every 10 minutes (or w/e) with cron:
+#"crontab -e"
+#*/10 * * * * /home/pi/lolbandwidth.py
+import os
+import sys
+import csv
+import datetime
+import time
+
+def test():
+        #run speedtest-cli
+        print 'running test'
+        #install with "pip install speedtest-cli"
+        csvlog = '/home/pi/speed_data.csv'
+        a = os.popen("speedtest-cli --simple").read()
+        print 'ran'
+        #split the 3 line result (ping,down,up)
+        lines = a.split('\n')
+        print a
+        ts = time.time()
+        date =datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+        #if speedtest could not connect set the speeds to 0
+        if "Cannot" in a:
+                p = 100
+                d = 0
+                u = 0
+        #extract the values for ping down and up values
+        else:
+                p = lines[0][6:11]
+                d = lines[1][10:14]
+                u = lines[2][8:12]
+        print date,p, d, u
+        #save the data to file for local network plotting
+        out_file = open(csvlog, 'a')
+        writer = csv.writer(out_file)
+        writer.writerow((ts*1000,p,d,u))
+        out_file.close()
+        return
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+        test()
+        print 'completed'