I run Appium server and Python script at the same machine and I am using public static IP.
But it was too slow, for example, it takes 10 seconds between clicks.
After I change the IP to be 127.0.0.1, it takes 1 second between clicks.
I created this topic because I am curious about it and want to know the reason.
I used traceroute
to check the speed, but it doesn’t seems like it is the bottle neck
% traceroute 127.0.0.1:
traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 localhost (127.0.0.1) 0.334 ms 0.046 ms 0.034 ms
% traceroute MY_IP:
traceroute to MY_IP (MY_IP), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 MY_IP (MY_IP) 4.529 ms 0.465 ms 0.416 ms
Machine OS:
macOS Big Sur 11.6
Appium-Python-Client version:
2.1.0
appium-doctor result:
user@AD01675489-3 ~ % appium-doctor
info AppiumDoctor Appium Doctor v.1.16.0
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic for necessary dependencies starting ###
info AppiumDoctor The Node.js binary was found at: /usr/local/bin/node
info AppiumDoctor Node version is 17.2.0
info AppiumDoctor Xcode is installed at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
info AppiumDoctor Xcode Command Line Tools are installed in: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
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info AppiumDoctor The Authorization DB is set up properly.
info AppiumDoctor Carthage was found at: /usr/local/bin/carthage. Installed version is: 0.38.0
info AppiumDoctor HOME is set to: /Users/user
info AppiumDoctor ANDROID_HOME is set to: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk
info AppiumDoctor JAVA_HOME is set to: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_202.jdk/Contents/Home
info AppiumDoctor Checking adb, android, emulator
info AppiumDoctor ‘adb’ is in /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb
info AppiumDoctor ‘android’ is in /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/tools/android
info AppiumDoctor ‘emulator’ is in /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator
info AppiumDoctor adb, android, emulator exist: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk
info AppiumDoctor ‘bin’ subfolder exists under ‘/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_202.jdk/Contents/Home’
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic for necessary dependencies completed, no fix needed. ###
info AppiumDoctor
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info AppiumDoctor opencv4nodejs is installed at: /usr/local/lib. Installed version is: 5.6.0
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info AppiumDoctor set-simulator-location is installed
info AppiumDoctor idb and idb_companion are installed
info AppiumDoctor applesimutils is installed at: /usr/local/bin/applesimutils. Installed versions are: applesimutils 0.9.4
info AppiumDoctor ios-deploy is installed at: /usr/local/bin/ios-deploy. Installed version is: 1.11.4
info AppiumDoctor bundletool.jar is installed at: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/bundletool.jar
info AppiumDoctor gst-launch-1.0 and gst-inspect-1.0 are installed at: /usr/local/bin/gst-launch-1.0 and /usr/local/bin/gst-inspect-1.0
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info AppiumDoctor
info AppiumDoctor Everything looks good, bye!
info AppiumDoctor