[Python] How to calculate Download Speed?

[baskar007]

I am new to python,

i want to calculate DownloadSpeed when i download a file using urllib

how can i do this?
help me friends

[Habbit]

Well, you can just time the download. The average download speed is the size of the file divided by the time it took to fetch it. Note that you have to use a large file, large enough that it takes at least 5-10 seconds to download, in order to make sure that the "system" time is small compared to the "network" time.

[baskar007]

Well, you can just time the download. The average download speed is the size of the file divided by the time it took to fetch it. Note that you have to use a large file, large enough that it takes at least 5-10 seconds to download, in order to make sure that the "system" time is small compared to the "network" time.
Thank you.

[kavon89]

You could also poll the size of the file in bytes every second and find the difference each time if you want to see it in real-time etc.

[baskar007]

thanks,
is there is any decompiler for ubuntu?
for decompiling *.pyc file

[wmcbrine]

Does anyone actually distribute code as .pyc? Usually you have the .py to look at.

Are you trying to look at some code that calculates download speed, or was that an unrelated question?

[baskar007]

Does anyone actually distribute code as .pyc? Usually you have the .py to look at.

Are you trying to look at some code that calculates download speed, or was that an unrelated question?

before 1yr i designed an application for Smartphones, I distributed that app as .pyc

now i want to look that code for reference. My bad-luck i missed the source code, thats why i asked decompiler for .pyc

[WitchCraft]

I've stolen it from PHP, converted it to VB.net.
Google for the PHP version (I don't know anymore where I found it), which should be easier to convert to Python than VB.net.




Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Namespace MyWebsite.ClientInfo

Public Class cClientInfo

Public Shared Function GetConnectionSpeed() As Double
Dim iNumKB As Integer = 512
Dim dtTime1 As DateTime
Dim dtTime2 As DateTime
Dim tsDuration As TimeSpan
Dim iLength As Integer = 0
Dim strCheckLen As String = "\n"
Dim strSpeedTest As String = ""
'Response.Flush()
HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush()
dtTime1 = DateTime.Now
iLength = strCheckLen.Length

Dim iIndex As Integer
For iIndex = 0 To iNumKB - 1 Step iIndex + 1
strSpeedTest += "".PadRight(1024 - iLength, "/*\\*"(0)) + "\n"
'Response.Flush()
HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush()
Next

dtTime2 = DateTime.Now
tsDuration = (dtTime2 - dtTime1)

Dim dDeltaT As Double = iNumKB / tsDuration.TotalSeconds
Dim dSpeed As Double = System.Math.Round(dDeltaT, 3)
strSpeedTest = ""
Return dSpeed
End Function

End Class

End Namespace