Suggestions about Speedtest servers

[Norsagir]

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Speedtest

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Hi!

So, I'm trying to set a list of Ookla servers to use, because my IP is wrongly located.
I got some ideas and remarks:

1. When you start a new test, could it be possible to change the behavior of "Start typing to search"? Right now, you can type to search in the "closest servers" list, but you cannot search in the whole Ookla servers list.

2. When I tried to configure SPEEDTEST_SERVERS env variable, I checked the website and it does not work. It seems that the correct URL to find some IDs is: https://www.speedtest.net/api/js/servers?engine=js&https_functional=true&limit=1000&search=[YOUR_CITY_HERE]

3. When I configure SPEEDTEST_SERVERS variable, then the web interface is showing me the ID and not any name. Then, it's hard to find out which server you want to use if configured the variable to be a list of IDs. Is it possible to set a name for an ID?

Thank you really much for your work!

[svenvg93]

1. When you start a new test, could it be possible to change the behavior of "Start typing to search"? Right now, you can type to search in the "closest servers" list, but you cannot search in the whole Ookla servers list.

closest servers refers to the complete list returned by the Ookla API. The API provides only the 20 nearest servers. It shows the same servers as when visiting https://www.speedtest.net/api/js/servers in your browser.

2. When I tried to configure SPEEDTEST_SERVERS env variable, I checked the website and it does not work. It seems that the correct URL to find some IDs is: https://www.speedtest.net/api/js/servers?engine=js&https_functional=true&limit=1000&search=[YOUR_CITY_HERE]

I will update the URL in the documentation to match the one used in the code, Thanks for the heads up!

3. When I configure SPEEDTEST_SERVERS variable, then the web interface is showing me the ID and not any name. Then, it's hard to find out which server you want to use if configured the variable to be a list of IDs. Is it possible to set a name for an ID?

This is technically possible, but it comes with a caveat: if an ID is used that is not included in the list returned by the Ookla API, for example, if it’s not among the top 20 nearest servers, we have no way to look up the server’s name, which might make the output look a bit odd. It’s definitely something we can explore in the future.