curl cheatsheet

curl_cheatsheet.txt

# check the total real page load time for a specific page load : 
TIMEFORMAT='%E' ; time curl https://myserver.com 2> /dev/null >/dev/null 
 

page-load-times.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Henri Shustak 2025
#
# LICENCE GNU-GPL v3 or later
#
# Modify as needed :)
#
# ABOUT : This script will load the supplied URL and time how long it takes to get a responce.
#
# version 0.1

# show usage if an argument was not passed in or if the first argument is not starting with http or https
if [ ! ${#} == 1 ] || [ ! $(echo "${1}" | grep -E "^http|^https") ] ; then
    echo "Usage : page-load-time \"http://duckduckgo.com\""
    exit -11
fi

# note error checking on url is not performed.
# specifiy something that makes sense otherwise the data
# will not make sense

# start the run
while true ; do 
    CURRENT_TIME=$( date )
    PAGE_LOAD_TIME=$( { export TIMEFORMAT='%E' ; time curl "$1" &> /dev/null ; } 2>&1 )
    echo " ${PAGE_LOAD_TIME} | ${CURRENT_TIME} "
    sleep 5
done