Send 10GB random data via http requests to test the network throughput

10G_server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#

# curl -o /dev/null http://SERVER_IP:SERVER_PORT
# time printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\n\n' | netcat SERVER_IP SERVER_PORT > /dev/null

import os
import argparse
from ipaddress import ip_address
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler

EIGHT_MB_RAND = os.urandom(8 * 2**20)
CONTENT_LEN = 8 * 2**20 * 1280

class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-type", "application/octet-stream")
        self.send_header('Content-Disposition', 'inline; filename="10GB.bin"')
        self.send_header("Content-Length", CONTENT_LEN)
        self.end_headers()
        for x in range(1280):
            self.wfile.write(EIGHT_MB_RAND)

def main() -> None:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Send 10GB rand data over http for speed test")
    parser.add_argument("-b", "--bind", default="127.0.0.1", type=ip_address,
                        help="Bind server to this IP")
    parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", default=8091, type=int,
                        help="Bind server to this port")

    args = parser.parse_args()

    print(f"Serving on {args.bind} port {args.port} ...")

    server = HTTPServer((str(args.bind), args.port), MyHandler)
    server.serve_forever()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()