I have a small Python3-script like this:
import speedtest # Speedtest test = speedtest.Speedtest() # <--- line 4 test.get_servers() best = test.get_best_server() print(f"Found: {best['host']} located in {best['country']}") The first time I run it, it works and everything is fine; it outputs:
Found: speedtest.witcom.cloud:8080 located in Germany Happy days.
The second time (and subsequel times) that I run the script, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/zeth/Code/pinger/pinger.py", line 4, in <module> test = speedtest.Speedtest() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1095, in __init__ self.get_config() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1127, in get_config raise ConfigRetrievalError(e) speedtest.ConfigRetrievalError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden When Googling around, I saw that I could also call this module straight from the command line, but just running this:
$ speedtest-cli That gives me the same kind of error:
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Cannot retrieve speedtest configuration ERROR: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden But if I run the direct cli-command: speedtest-cli --secure ( docs for the --secure-flag ), then it goes through and outputs this:
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Deutsche Telekom AG (212.185.228.168)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by hotspot.koeln (Cologne) [3.44 km]: 28.805 ms Testing download speed................................................................................ Download: 30.01 Mbit/s Testing upload speed...................................................................................................... Upload: 8.68 Mbit/s The question
I can't figure out how to change this Python-line: test = speedtest.Speedtest() to use a --secure-flag (nor via HTTPS).
The documentation for speedtest-cli is scarce.
Other attempts
I found this solution here: Python Speedtest facing problems with certification _ssl.c:1056, that suggests manually approving the certificates.
But in this directory: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/ I don't have anything called Python3.9. I have python3.9 installed via Brew. And I'm on a Mac.
1 Answer
I could do this:
test = speedtest.Speedtest(secure=True) I looked into the source code myself, in this directory:
vim /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/speedtest.py Where I would see the function was defined like this:
class Speedtest(object): """Class for performing standard speedtest.net testing operations""" def __init__(self, config=None, source_address=None, timeout=10, secure=False, shutdown_event=None): self.config = {} self._source_address = source_address self._timeout = timeout self._opener = build_opener(source_address, timeout) self._secure = secure ... ... ... 
