Using speedtest-cli within a Python3 script to measure internet speed - getting error message 'No module named speedtest'

Question

My vacation home loses the internet connection from time to time which means I cannot access that locations' home network remotely. I am using a wireless Bell service as my ISP. When I am at the vacation home, I have a program within my home automation system to reboot the Bell PoE device and the Modem. This generally always resets the network.

I am trying to use the Github project Python script speedtest-cli to measure the download speed at my vacation home. I am trying to write my own Python script, on a Raspberry Pi (Buster), to periodically measure the download speed of the internet. My plan is to then send a variable, with the speed, to my home automation system that will trigger a reset of the internet if the speed is too low.

I downloaded the latest script from Github using the code

wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py

Then I made the file executable with

chmod +x speedtest-cli

When I run the command speedtest-cli, at the Raspeberry Pi's command line, the script works as expected and I see the download speed.

However, when I try to incorporate the code into a python script I get the error 'No module named 'speedtest'

The simple code that yields this message is

import speedtest

I am running the simple script above from the /home/pi/ directory and the executable 'speedtest-cli' is also in that directory

(I know that there are numerous comments that this 'speedtest' project isn't providing accurate results, however from my testing it has been consistently yielding results that are sufficient for my purposes)

Any thought on why this isn't working?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '21 at 12:37

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For using speedtest-cli via a python script, would require you to install speedtest-cli on your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli.git
cd speedtest-cli
python setup.py install

After that you can use import speedtest

answered Jul 06 '21 at 12:37

Jishan Shaikh

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You should have recommended virtual environment here – Marcin Orlowski Jul 06 '21 at 12:39
Jishan... I did install speedtest-cli on my Raspberry pi! I believe that what you are suggesting is simply an alternative manner in which to install it. – Gary Jul 06 '21 at 16:32
Marcin... I don't understand your comment... how does a virtual environment have anything to do with my issue? – Gary Jul 06 '21 at 16:33
@Gary Don't you have problem running the python script with import speetest? – Jishan Shaikh Jul 06 '21 at 18:57
@JishanShaikh - Yes 'import speedtest' is not working... but why do you think that installing speedtest.cli in your manner will make it work? – Gary Jul 07 '21 at 16:53
@Gary Don't we all have to install the package (in any way) before using it in Python? – Jishan Shaikh Jul 08 '21 at 00:43

Using speedtest-cli within a Python3 script to measure internet speed - getting error message 'No module named speedtest'

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