Benchmark the proxy before it's being used

[Kreyren]

My system is using various free proxies which might be unreliable or too slow to be usable

--socks5 <host[:port]> can be used for this

HTTP_PROXY should be supported by some applications

socksify seems to be perfect, but doesn't work

kreyren@leonid:~$ socksify socks5 <IP>:<PORT> curl ifconfig.me
/usr/bin/socksify: 112: exec: socks5: not found

SOCKS_SERVER=<server>:<port> socksify curl ifconfig.me seems to work, but doesn't work for speedtest-cli

kreyren@leonid:~$ SOCKS_SERVER=45.55.230.207:30405 socksify speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Cannot retrieve speedtest configuration
ERROR: <urlopen error timed out>

• I should make my own solution since upload also has to be tested

Expectation

Something to wrap speedtest-cli in

Checklist

• [ ] Check the download speed
• [ ] Check the upload speed
• [ ] Check the reliability of proxy
• [ ] Make sure that it is socks5
• [ ] Check ping