benchmark

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import urllib.request
import sys
from time import time

# {{{ Function: retrieve_url_content ------------------------------------------
def retrieve_url_content(http_method, remote_url, params):
    """Retrieve the content of an URL that could be called in two ways (GET or
    POST) sending eventually some data.

    Keyword arguments:
    http_method    -- HTTP Method to use (GET or POST).
    remote_url     -- The remote URL that validates the URL.
    params         -- The param list, could be sent via GET or POST.

    Return value:
    a string, that contain the URL response."""

    if (http_method == 'GET'):
        data = urllib.request.urlopen(remote_url).read()
    else:
        data = urllib.request.urlopen(remote_url, params).read()

    return data
# }}} -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# {{{ Function: get_execution_time --------------------------------------------
def get_execution_time(url):
    """Measure the execution time to fetch a URL.

    Keyword arguments:
    url -- The remote URL that validates the URL.

    Return value:
    a string, that contain the response of validation."""

    start = time()
    retrieve_url_content('GET', url, '')
    end = time()

    return (end - start)
# }}} -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# {{{ Function: get_average_execution_time ------------------------------------
def get_average_execution_time(url):
    """Measure 5 times the execution time to fetch a URL, then discard the best
    and the worst and return the average.

    Keyword arguments:
    url -- The remote URL that validates the URL.

    Return value:
    a float, the average execution time."""

    etime = [
        get_execution_time(url),
        get_execution_time(url),
        get_execution_time(url),
        get_execution_time(url),
        get_execution_time(url)
    ]

    return round((sum(etime) - min(etime) - max(etime)) / 3, 5)
# }}} -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Main ------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(get_average_execution_time(sys.argv[1]), end='')
    print(' sec')