# Download/upload stats Monitor

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/download-upload-stats-monitor/15582>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/download-upload-stats-monitor/15582 "2019-11-17T15:58:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![FPAIS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FPAIS](https://discourse.processing.org/u/FPAIS)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/download-upload-stats-monitor/15582/1 "2019-11-17T15:58:18Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to use my computer or browser download/upload stats (Mb/Kb downloaded in a certain time frame) in processing and visualize these in different ways.  
Does anyone have a clue on how I could access these variables easily?

Thank you very much, best

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/download-upload-stats-monitor/15582/2 "2019-11-22T20:55:23Z")

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Hi FPAIS – do mean, for example, download transfer rates for the Chrome web browser?

I believe that Chrome exposes its download rate information to Dev Tools and to Extensions – this is how various speed test extensions work.

- [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/download%20speed?hl=en&\_category=extensions](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/download%20speed?hl=en&_category=extensions)

So, in theory, you could write a Google Chrome extension that would broadcast or log your download speeds each second, and then the Processing sketch could listen to the broadcast or read the log file.