Tests speed of http mirrors of cygwin
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Tests http mirrors of cygwin
"""
import random
import time
from urllib.request import urlopen
import sys
__author__ = 'Dmitry Sidorenko'
mirrors_url = "http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst"
test_file = "/x86_64/setup.ini"
mirrors = [
# {"host": "",
# "time": 1
# }
]
print("Downloading mirrors list...", end='')
sys.stdout.flush()
u = urlopen(mirrors_url)
for line in u:
strline = str(line)[2:-3]
host = strline.split(";")
# Only test http
if host[0].startswith("http://"):
mirrors.append({"host": host, "time": 9999})
print("done, %d entries" % len(mirrors))
random.shuffle(mirrors)
block_sz = 8096
max_hosts_to_try = 100
testn = 1
for hostentry in mirrors:
host = hostentry["host"]
print("testing mirror %s ..." % host[1], end='')
sys.stdout.flush()
start_time = time.time()
try:
test = urlopen(host[0] + test_file, timeout=5)
test.read(block_sz)
time_spent = time.time() - start_time
hostentry["time"] = time_spent
print("%s sec" % time_spent)
except IOError:
hostentry["time"] = 9999
print("timeout")
testn += 1
if testn > max_hosts_to_try:
break
mirrors = sorted(mirrors, key=lambda entry: entry["time"])
print("\nTop 5 mirrors\n")
sys.stdout.flush()
for i in range(5):
mirror = mirrors[i]
host_info = mirror["host"]
if mirror["time"] < 9999:
print("%.3f, %14s, %10s, %s" % (mirror["time"], host_info[2], host_info[3], host_info[0]), file=sys.stderr)