Telegram speedtest bot - speeedy

Python bot reports speedtests to a Telegram channel or bot.

Install dependencies

sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
sudo pip3 install python-telegram-bot speedtest-cli

Create config file

Create the file config.json in the root directory of this project, which has the following format:

{
    "telegram": {
        "token": "abc...",
        "channel": "@channel_xy or Telegram ID"
    }
}

Create a Telegram bot

Write to the account @BotFather the message /newbot and follow the instructions. Enter the retreived token to the token property in config.json, next get your Telegram ID and enter the retreived id to the channel property in config.json.

Create a Telegram channel

Create a Telegram channel and add your created bot as an admin with the privileges to post messages. Then add the name of the created channel (with a leading @) to the channel property in config.json. Make shure your channel is public, otherwise it will not work.

Run the script

cd /opt/speeedy/
python3 .

If you want to run the script repeatedly, you can create a cronjob for that: