Internet Connection Checker

This tool allows you to make a costant checks on your Internet connection using the Speedtest.net API. I'm sorry if the code is not beautiful but I've made this just for myself in less than a day, however, it should work correctly.

Screenshot

What you need

• A device that is always online, I'm using a Raspberry Pi 3 b+, you can use whatever you want, even a pc.
• An internet connection (obviously).
• Node.js installed on your device (https://nodejs.org/).

Libraries needed

• Express (https://www.npmjs.com/package/express), needed for the website.

npm install express

• Ejs (https://www.npmjs.com/package/ejs), needed for the frontend of the website.

npm install ejs

• Moment (https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment), needed to get the current time.

npm install moment

• Node-Cron (https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-cron), needed to execute the speedtest frequently.

npm install --save node-cron

• @opstalent/speedtest.net (https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opstalent/speedtest.net), needed to perform the speedtest

npm install --save @opstalent/speedtest.net

How to get started

First of all, install Node.js, then create a folder, go on the command prompt, and type

npm init

to initialize the project, then install all the required libraries (listed above). At this point download this repo and move all the files and folders (/public, /views and app.js) to your project's folder.

Now everything should be ready, type in the console

node app.js

then visit the website localhost:1029 and wait for the first results to be shown. If you want to change the frequency of the speedtest, open app.js with a text editor and change the crontab on the line number 15. At the moment it is set to run every 2 minutes.

Conclusion

I hope you like this project, if you have any suggestion or improvement, please message me on Telegram, @moonmatt. My website is https://moonmatt.cf

Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/hmga2d/i_noticed_my_connection_was_not_normal_ive_made_a/