Simple tool to take some statistics of download speed.

dl_speed.py

import urllib.request
import time
 
#URL used for test download
URL  = ('http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.24.tar.gz')
#Times to download the file
NUMBER_OF_DL = 1
#File to save the staticts to
STATS_FILENAME = 'stats.csv'
 
def report(start, total, speed):
	'''Print a report.'''
	print('Transfer rate ' + str(speed / 1024.0) + ' MBps.')
    #print ('Reading took ' + str(total) + ' seconds, transfer rate '  + str((size / 1024.0) / total) + ' KBPS')
 
 
print('Dowwnload speed test logger V. 0.1 by deadbok')
with open(STATS_FILENAME, 'w') as stats_file:
	for _i in range(0, NUMBER_OF_DL):
		#Open the URL
		f = urllib.request.urlopen(URL)
		#Get the current time
		start = time.time()
		#Read all data in a single, blocking operation
		data = f.read() 
		#Get the ime it took
		total = time.time() - start
		#Calculate the speed
		bits = len(data)*8
		speed = (bits / 1024.0) / total
		#Print a report
		report(start, total, speed)
		#Close the connection
		f.close()
		#Save stats to file
		stats_file.write(str(speed) + ',')
	stats_file.close()
 
#f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
#start = time.time()
#while True:
#    chunk = f.read(4096) # read a chunk
#    if not chunk:
#        break
#report(start, len(data), 'Chunked')
#<f.close()