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.. _profiling:
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Profiling
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Profiling of requests by the pyramid debug toolbar can be a little restrictive
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when a specific url needs thin profiling that includes the whole pyramid
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dispatch.
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Pyramid CubicWeb provides facilities to profile requests as a
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:func:`wsgi middleware <cubicweb.pyramid.profile.wsgi_profile>`, and a few
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views that facilitate profiling of basic features.
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The views and the wsgi middleware are activated when the 'profile' option is
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given. This can be done on the command line
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(:option:`cubicweb-ctl pyramid --profile`) or in the :ref:`pyramid_settings`.
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Views
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The following routes and corresponding views are provided when profiling is on:
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-   ``/_profile/ping``: Reply 'ping' without doing anything else. See also
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    :func:`cubicweb.pyramid.profile.ping`.
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-   ``/_profile/cnx``: Reply 'ping' after getting a cnx. See also
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    :func:`cubicweb.pyramid.profile.cnx`.
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Typical Usage
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Let's say we want to measure the cost of having a ``cnx``.
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-   Start the application with profile enabled:
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    .. code-block:: console
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        $ cubicweb-ctl pyramid --no-daemon --profile --profile-dump-every 100
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-   Use 'ab' or any other http benchmark tool to throw a lot of requests:
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    .. code-block:: console
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        $ ab -c 1 -n 100 http://localhost:8080/_profile/cnx
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-   Analyse the results. I personnaly fancy SnakeViz_:
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    .. code-block:: console
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        $ snakeviz program.prof
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.. _SnakeViz: http://jiffyclub.github.io/snakeviz/