Small script to test the latency of DigitalOcean servers by downloading a 10MB sample file from each.

latency.py

import urllib.request
import time

# Small script to test the latency of DigitalOcean servers by downloading
# a 10MB sample file from each.

REQ_FORMAT = "http://speedtest-{r}.digitalocean.com/10mb.test"

ZONES = {
          'nyc1', 'nyc2', 'nyc3',
          'ams2', 'ams3',
          'sfo1', 'sfo2',
          'sgp1',
          'lon1',
          'fra1',
          'tor1',
          'blr1'
        }


def main():
    times = []
    for zone in ZONES:
        ts = time.time()
        url = REQ_FORMAT.format(r=zone)
        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url)
        tf = time.time()
        
        times.append((tf - ts, zone))

    for t in sorted(times):
        print("{t} seg for region {r}".format(t=t[0], r=t[1]))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()