{
  "id": 5510851,
  "title": "Monitor Website Response Time with cURL",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/monitor-website-response-time-with-curl",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:14:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/company_4e82f75b5ae7cfbe3/monitor-website-response-time-with-curl-1h81"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Website response time is a key metric when it comes to assessing overall performance and user experience. Measuring this time can reveal performance bottlenecks, enhance user satisfaction, and improve search engine visibility. cURL, a standard utility in MacOS and Linux, serves as a handy tool for calculating response time. To execute this, the command \"curl -s -o /dev/null -w %{time_starttransfer} https://www.enstai.fi/\" is used. This command quantifies the duration it takes for the web page at https://www.enstai.fi/ to generate a response. This response time is expressed in seconds. A real-world application of this can be seen when executing the command on the enstai.fi site, which yields a response time of 0.152016 seconds. According to Google's standards, a response time below 0.2 seconds (200 milliseconds) is considered optimal. The superior response time of enstai.fi exemplifies the importance of swift webpage delivery in today's digital landscape.",
  "summary": "Discover how to measure your website's response time using the curl command, and how it can help you increase traffic and performance of your webpage. Understanding Server Response Time Server response time, also known as Time to First Byte (TTFB), is the time it takes for the server to process a web request and send the first byte back to the user. Think of it as the pause before your web pages…",
  "key_points": [
    "cURL is used to measure website response time",
    "Command curl -s -o /dev/null -w %{timestarttransfer} https://www.enstai.fi/ is employed",
    "Response time of 0.152016 seconds is below Google's optimal threshold of 0.2 seconds"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Using cURL to measure website response time helps identify performance issues and shows how swiftly loading web pages can enhance user experience and meet search engine standards.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}