Error while using speedtest command

[zaileion]

Speed test not working. Error copy/paste at bottom of post.

I have Googled this trying to find a solution and removed the speedtest files from /usr/local/bin as suggested here:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/160996/speedtest-not-working-after-upgrade-to-2-5-0/18

I removed the speedtest package:

pkg delete py37-speedtest-cli

and reinstalled:

pkg update ; pkg install -y py37-speedtest-cli

I also noticed the final post by KevinRice that provides some instruction for a workaround and wanted to know if this was a valid option before installing on the device that gives me access to the internet... Also, is there a fix in the works and should I wait for the fix as opposed to using the workaround suggested by KevinRice.

I also installed the widget:
https://github.com/aln-1/pfsense-speedtest-widget
Doesn't work.

Here is the error output:

speedtest
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/speedtest", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('speedtest-cli==2.1.2', 'console_scripts', 'speedtest')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1986, in main
    shell()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1875, in shell
    secure=args.secure
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1091, in __init__
    self.get_config()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1174, in get_config
    map(int, server_config['ignoreids'].split(','))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Here is the install command and output for reference of version:

pkg update ; pkg install -y py37-speedtest-cli
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
        py37-speedtest-cli: 2.1.2 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 1
[1/1] Installing py37-speedtest-cli-2.1.2...
[1/1] Extracting py37-speedtest-cli-2.1.2: 100%

I sure would like to use Speedtest in my pfsense router, and the widget is really awesome. Any suggestions or recommendations for a fix would be most appreciated.

Thank you!!!

[fireodo]

@zaileion

Take a look here:

speedtest-cli-dying-out

[zaileion]

@fireodo Yes. Thank you. Both solutions suggested worked for me, I tried both. This is solved via workaround.

[SebM]

This method is pretty bulletproof for me:

As per this page How To Install Speedtest-cli On a FreeBSD To Check Internet Speed, I simply ran these two commands in the GUI at Diagnostics / Command Prompt / Execute Shell Command:

pkg search speedtest

This returned the following:
py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth

so I ran this command:

pkg install -y py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3

Then from there I simply run speedtest