mmroczka Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Alfred Wifi Speedtest Alfred Wifi Speedtest is a workflow for Alfred 4, that uses speedtest-cli and reports back in a notification the upload/download speeds of the current wifi you're on. Why? Since COVID hit, my wifi speeds have plummeted (Verizon cap/bottleneck maybe?). I hate needing to google for a wifi speedtest every time I have to check if my wifi speed will be good enough for the call I'm about to join. I have to open another tab, ads clutter my screen while running the speedtest, and it's one more thing cluttering my screen. This workflow makes a wifi speedtest just an alfred keyword away. Important You will always find the latest version, changelog and updated documentation on GitHub as is difficult to use the forum to keep track of updates and support. Download Download directly from Github releases page, make sure to download the latest release. Download here. Installation Instructions After downloading the workflow from the release page, be sure to install the wifi speedtest-cli using the command below brew install speedtest-cli Then, simply run the Alfred workflow by summoning Alfred and typing speedtest. This is my first real contribution to any sort of open source community so suggestions are welcome! I thought about adding automatic updates, but figured something is better than nothing to start and I can iterate on this if people have suggestions/feature requests. Thanks in advance for any suggestions to improve this workflow! alfredpanda, PhilStollery, shmulvad and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment
xgo Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 This is very cool and pretty simple, thanks for sharing! Link to comment
shmulvad Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Thank you for the workflow, it is very useful! Just a note about automatic updates: When you're hosting the package on Github anyway there is a ready made solution that requires almost nothing of you, meaning you can easily add this feature to your workflow. Check out https://github.com/vitorgalvao/alfred-workflows/tree/master/OneUpdater Link to comment
deanishe Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Nice job. Works well. 16 hours ago, mmroczka said: This is my first real contribution to any sort of open source community so suggestions are welcome! Generally, you should put the source code of the workflow (i.e. the unzipped workflow) in the GitHub repo, not the packaged workflow. git/GitHub are for source code (i.e. text files), and most of their features (diffs, pull requests) just don't work on binary blobs. Also, for your download link, you can use https://github.com/mmroczka/alfred-speedtest/releases/latest, which will always point to the latest version, so you never have to update the link when you publish a new version. The way you’re calling speedtest-cli also seems a bit odd. Is there are reason you don’t just run /usr/local/bin/speedtest-cli? Edited June 9, 2020 by deanishe Link to comment
milopus Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 12:51 AM, mmroczka said: Alfred Wifi Speedtest Alfred Wifi Speedtest is a workflow for Alfred 4, that uses speedtest-cli and reports back in a notification the upload/download speeds of the current wifi you're on. Why? Since COVID hit, my wifi speeds have plummeted (Verizon cap/bottleneck maybe?). I hate needing to google for a wifi speedtest every time I have to check if my wifi speed will be good enough for the call I'm about to join. I have to open another tab, ads clutter my screen while running the speedtest, and it's one more thing cluttering my screen. This workflow makes a wifi speedtest just an alfred keyword away. Important You will always find the latest version, changelog and updated documentation on GitHub as is difficult to use the forum to keep track of updates and support. Download Download directly from Github releases page, make sure to download the latest release. Download here. Installation Instructions After downloading the workflow from the release page, be sure to install the wifi speedtest-cli using the command below brew install speedtest-cli Then, simply run the Alfred workflow by summoning Alfred and typing speedtest. This is my first real contribution to any sort of open source community so suggestions are welcome! I thought about adding automatic updates, but figured something is better than nothing to start and I can iterate on this if people have suggestions/feature requests. Thanks in advance for any suggestions to improve this workflow! When I use the command line: brew install speedtest-cli I get this error: brew: command not found Link to comment
deanishe Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, milopus said: I get this error: brew: command not found You need to install Homebrew: https://brew.sh/ Link to comment
CuteCat Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 thank you for making this! after using it i think the notification on the top right should be displayed for a few more seconds as I think it's too quick.. or maybe make it so that it goes away only when you click it Link to comment
funkymonkey Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, CuteCat said: thank you for making this! after using it i think the notification on the top right should be displayed for a few more seconds as I think it's too quick.. or maybe make it so that it goes away only when you click it You can access the results at any time in your notification centre. CuteCat 1 Link to comment
Melvin R Stidham Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Thank you for sharing this! It's both interesting and very simple. But for typing practice, I always use wpm online typing test site since it offers one minute, three minute, and five minute tests. and yes result of typing speed can be accessed at any time in the notification center Edited July 9, 2021 by Melvin R Stidham Link to comment
genosse Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Can't get notification cause of this error. Need help [12:48:42.658] Logging Started... [12:49:02.656] Speedtest[Keyword] Processing complete [12:49:02.657] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Run Script [12:49:02.658] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Post Notification [12:49:03.016] ERROR: Speedtest[Run Script] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 2000, in <module> main() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1986, in main shell() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1875, in shell secure=args.secure File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1091, in __init__ self.get_config() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1174, in get_config map(int, server_config['ignoreids'].split(',')) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '' [12:49:03.022] Speedtest[Run Script] Processing complete [12:49:03.023] Speedtest[Run Script] Passing output '' to Post Notification Link to comment
alfredpanda Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Works great for me! As I use an M1 Mac I had to change references of: /usr/local/Cellar/ to: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ Link to comment
PhilStollery Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Yeah for M1 Macs the script should be /opt/homebrew/Cellar/speedtest-cli/$(ls /opt/homebrew/Cellar/speedtest-cli | grep "." | sort -V -r | head -n 1)/bin/speedtest | grep "Download\|Upload" I don't know shell well enough to fix it with a check in terminal for processor. Sorry. Link to comment
Pinuz Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 11:51 AM, genosse said: Can't get notification cause of this error. Need help [12:48:42.658] Logging Started... [12:49:02.656] Speedtest[Keyword] Processing complete [12:49:02.657] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Run Script [12:49:02.658] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Post Notification [12:49:03.016] ERROR: Speedtest[Run Script] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 2000, in <module> main() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1986, in main shell() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1875, in shell secure=args.secure File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1091, in __init__ self.get_config() File "/usr/local/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.2/bin/speedtest", line 1174, in get_config map(int, server_config['ignoreids'].split(',')) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '' [12:49:03.022] Speedtest[Run Script] Processing complete [12:49:03.023] Speedtest[Run Script] Passing output '' to Post Notification I got that error too. I solved updating speedtest-cli, just with the command brew install speedtest-cli Link to comment
richhudak Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I can't get it to run on my M1 MacBook Air. I'm sorry, the home-brew stuff is a bit new to me. I'm confident I installed it and have run the brew command and linked my speedtest-cli When I debug Alfred I get this result: [12:45:01.363] Logging Started... [12:45:11.629] Speedtest[Keyword] Processing complete [12:45:11.631] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Run Script [12:45:11.631] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Post Notification [12:48:03.048] Speedtest[Run Script] Processing complete [12:48:03.053] Speedtest[Run Script] Passing output 'Download: 0.00 Mbit/s Upload: 0.00 Mbit/s ' to Post Notification Thank you for any help. - Rich Edited October 19, 2021 by richhudak Link to comment
rasheedup Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 hi guys, everything worked great until 2 days ago when it stopped notifying the result. The debug mode shows this error: is it script's fault or api? hope you can help, this workflow was really useful [21:05:27.796] Logging Started... [21:05:38.633] Speedtest[Keyword] Processing complete [21:05:38.636] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Run Script [21:05:38.637] Speedtest[Keyword] Passing output '' to Post Notification [21:05:48.855] ERROR: Speedtest[Run Script] Cannot retrieve speedtest configuration ERROR: <urlopen error timed out> [21:05:48.860] Speedtest[Run Script] Processing complete [21:05:48.861] Speedtest[Run Script] Passing output '' to Post Notification Link to comment
deanishe Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 9 hours ago, rasheedup said: is it script's fault or api? Network: 9 hours ago, rasheedup said: ERROR: <urlopen error timed out> Link to comment
Archenemy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'm having difficulties getting the notification to show. The debug menu indicates that the Speedtest succeeded and I can see the speeds for upload and download. However no notification. I'm on an M1 iMac. Any ideas? Link to comment
Vero Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, Archenemy said: However no notification. Have you granted Alfred permission to show notifications? Open System Preferences > Notifications > locate Alfred 4 and check that you have notifications allowed and banners or alerts on, as per your personal preferences. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
Archenemy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 8 hours ago, Vero said: Have you granted Alfred permission to show notifications? Open System Preferences > Notifications > locate Alfred 4 and check that you have notifications allowed and banners or alerts on, as per your personal preferences. Cheers, Vero That did the trick. Thanks! Link to comment
mhorn Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) i had problems with path to the installed speedtest-cli, fixed with replacing all the path-estimation part. steps to follow: 1. install speedtest-cli with homebrew (as shown in instruction to this script) 2. in terminal enter: `which speedtest-cli` (without quotes). The output is the path to where your homebrew installed the cli-tool. 3. copy the output and paste in script before the part with grep (don't remove the pipe |, it chains the commands in terminal, so you need it). my shortened script looks like this: /opt/homebrew/bin/speedtest-cli | grep "Download\|Upload" Edited November 24, 2022 by mhorn replaced "script" in 2. with "cli-tool" for more clarity Link to comment
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