Nk_ttfb_all

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Description

This is a Bash function named nk_ttfb_all that measures the time-to-first-byte (TTFB) of multiple websites. It does this by calling another function called gen_ttfb_results, which first prints a table header, and then uses a loop to iterate over all the domains obtained via another function called nk_list_all_domains. For each domain, curl is used to retrieve the website, following any redirects, and limiting the query to 5 seconds. The -s option silences download progress and the -o option outputs the results to /dev/null since we don’t need them. Finally, the -w option is used to output the TTFB time and the total time taken to download the page.

The gen_ttfb_results function outputs the results in a format that is then passed through the column command to format the output as a table before being displayed to the user.

Example

No additional input is needed.

[root@cloudvpsserver ~]# nk_ttfb_all
Site       TTFB      Total
nkern.net  0.121499  0.121572

Code

nk_ttfb_all() {
# This is basically just a wrapper that formats the rsults of gen_ttfb_results

gen_ttfb_results() {
# First print the headers of the table.
echo "Site  TTFB  Total"

# Now for every domain on the server. (obtained via nk_list_all_domains)
for domain in $(nk_list_all_domains); do
    # Print the domain name, and it's curl ttfb result.
    # Use curl to get the ttfb of the site.
    # -L to follow links so that a 301 doesn't influence it
    # -m 5 limit the query to 5 seconds.
    # -s Be silent about the download info.
    # -o output the results to /dev/null since we don't need them.
    # -w write out, time_total and time_starttransfer
    echo "$domain" "$(curl -L -m 5 -s -o /dev/null https://"$domain" -w "%{time_starttransfer} %{time_total} \n" )"
done
}

# run gen_ttfb_results and format the output.
gen_ttfb_results | column -t
}