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TYPO3 CMS Extension "page_speed"

This extensions provides an entry in the info module to check the usability & performance of the selected page by using the API of Google Page Speed Insights.

Every page is automatically checked for the resolution desktop & mobile.

Screenshot

Screenshot of the backend

Requirements

  • TYPO3 CMS 7.2+
  • Google Account

Installation & Configuration

The extension just needs to be installed as any other extension. To make it work, you need a Google account and activate the PageSpeed service.

Enable PageSpeed Service

  1. Open console.developers.google.com and create a new project.
  2. Open the project and switch to APIs and auth > APIs and Activate the API.
  3. Switch to Credentials and click the button Create new key for public API access.
  4. Create either a Server key or a Browser key*.
  5. Test the access by using cUrl on the server where you want to use the extension by calling the command curl 'https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v2/runPagespeed?strategy=desktop&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/&key=AIzaSyA2rQEy7UyQz-9D1-7bnmw1jzSo0FmobYM'.

Preview Domain

If you need to use a different domain in the frontend or no sys domain record is available, you can use the following configuration inside your PageTsConfig:

TCEMAIN.previewDomain = localhost/sites/t3/master

Avoid error "require_once(Net/URL2.php)"

If you see an exception about the file Net/URL2.php not found, please open the file typo3/contrib/vendor/pear/http_request2/HTTP/Request2.php and remove the require_once statement in line 24. This bug will be gone soon.

Technical background

A little bit technical information for the ones who are interested in:

The API is described in detail at developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/v2/reference/pagespeedapi/runpagespeed and it is very simple to test by just using curl:

# Desktop
curl 'https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v2/runPagespeed?strategy=desktop&screenshot=true&url=http://www.typo3.org&key=<your_key>'
# Mobile
curl 'https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v2/runPagespeed?strategy=mobile&screenshot=true&url=http://www.typo3.org&key=<your_key'

Further development

Todos

  • Record selection
  • Check if current page or rootline is restricted
  • Check if current page's translation should not be be shown
  • Auto cleanup after page cache clearing