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class="stability_2"><a href="#inspector_inspector">Inspector</a></span> 140<ul> 141<li><a href="#inspector_inspector_close"><code>inspector.close()</code></a></li> 142<li><a href="#inspector_inspector_console"><code>inspector.console</code></a></li> 143<li><a href="#inspector_inspector_open_port_host_wait"><code>inspector.open([port[, host[, wait]]])</code></a></li> 144<li><a href="#inspector_inspector_url"><code>inspector.url()</code></a></li> 145<li><a href="#inspector_inspector_waitfordebugger"><code>inspector.waitForDebugger()</code></a></li> 146<li><a href="#inspector_class_inspector_session">Class: <code>inspector.Session</code></a> 147<ul> 148<li><a href="#inspector_new_inspector_session"><code>new inspector.Session()</code></a></li> 149<li><a href="#inspector_event_inspectornotification">Event: <code>'inspectorNotification'</code></a></li> 150<li><a href="#inspector_event_inspector_protocol_method">Event: <code><inspector-protocol-method></code>;</a></li> 151<li><a href="#inspector_session_connect"><code>session.connect()</code></a></li> 152<li><a href="#inspector_session_connecttomainthread"><code>session.connectToMainThread()</code></a></li> 153<li><a href="#inspector_session_disconnect"><code>session.disconnect()</code></a></li> 154<li><a href="#inspector_session_post_method_params_callback"><code>session.post(method[, params][, callback])</code></a></li> 155</ul> 156</li> 157<li><a href="#inspector_example_usage">Example usage</a> 158<ul> 159<li><a href="#inspector_cpu_profiler">CPU profiler</a></li> 160<li><a href="#inspector_heap_profiler">Heap profiler</a></li> 161</ul> 162</li> 163</ul> 164</li> 165</ul></details> 166 167 <div id="apicontent"> 168 <h2>Inspector<span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector" id="inspector_inspector">#</a></span></h2> 169 170<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_2"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 2</a> - Stable</div><p></p> 171<p><strong>Source Code:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v14.20.1/lib/inspector.js">lib/inspector.js</a></p> 172<p>The <code>inspector</code> module provides an API for interacting with the V8 inspector.</p> 173<p>It can be accessed using:</p> 174<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> inspector = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'inspector'</span>);</code></pre> 175<section><h3><code>inspector.close()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector_close" id="inspector_inspector_close">#</a></span></h3> 176<p>Deactivate the inspector. Blocks until there are no active connections.</p> 177</section><section><h3><code>inspector.console</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector_console" id="inspector_inspector_console">#</a></span></h3> 178<ul> 179<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> An object to send messages to the remote inspector console.</li> 180</ul> 181<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'inspector'</span>).<span class="hljs-property">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'a message'</span>);</code></pre> 182<p>The inspector console does not have API parity with Node.js 183console.</p> 184</section><section><h3><code>inspector.open([port[, host[, wait]]])</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector_open_port_host_wait" id="inspector_inspector_open_port_host_wait">#</a></span></h3> 185<ul> 186<li><code>port</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a> Port to listen on for inspector connections. Optional. 187<strong>Default:</strong> what was specified on the CLI.</li> 188<li><code>host</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a> Host to listen on for inspector connections. Optional. 189<strong>Default:</strong> what was specified on the CLI.</li> 190<li><code>wait</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type"><boolean></a> Block until a client has connected. Optional. 191<strong>Default:</strong> <code>false</code>.</li> 192</ul> 193<p>Activate inspector on host and port. Equivalent to <code>node --inspect=[[host:]port]</code>, but can be done programmatically after node has 194started.</p> 195<p>If wait is <code>true</code>, will block until a client has connected to the inspect port 196and flow control has been passed to the debugger client.</p> 197<p>See the <a href="cli.html#inspector_security">security warning</a> regarding the <code>host</code> 198parameter usage.</p> 199</section><section><h3><code>inspector.url()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector_url" id="inspector_inspector_url">#</a></span></h3> 200<ul> 201<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Undefined_type" class="type"><undefined></a></li> 202</ul> 203<p>Return the URL of the active inspector, or <code>undefined</code> if there is none.</p> 204<pre><code class="language-console"><span class="hljs-meta">$ </span><span class="language-bash">node --inspect -p <span class="hljs-string">'inspector.url()'</span></span> 205Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/166e272e-7a30-4d09-97ce-f1c012b43c34 206For help see https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector 207ws://127.0.0.1:9229/166e272e-7a30-4d09-97ce-f1c012b43c34 208<span class="hljs-meta"> 209$ </span><span class="language-bash">node --inspect=localhost:3000 -p <span class="hljs-string">'inspector.url()'</span></span> 210Debugger listening on ws://localhost:3000/51cf8d0e-3c36-4c59-8efd-54519839e56a 211For help see https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector 212ws://localhost:3000/51cf8d0e-3c36-4c59-8efd-54519839e56a 213<span class="hljs-meta"> 214$ </span><span class="language-bash">node -p <span class="hljs-string">'inspector.url()'</span></span> 215undefined</code></pre> 216</section><section><h3><code>inspector.waitForDebugger()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_inspector_waitfordebugger" id="inspector_inspector_waitfordebugger">#</a></span></h3> 217<div class="api_metadata"> 218<span>Added in: v12.7.0</span> 219</div> 220<p>Blocks until a client (existing or connected later) has sent 221<code>Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger</code> command.</p> 222<p>An exception will be thrown if there is no active inspector.</p> 223</section><section><h3>Class: <code>inspector.Session</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_class_inspector_session" id="inspector_class_inspector_session">#</a></span></h3> 224<ul> 225<li>Extends: <a href="events.html#events_class_eventemitter" class="type"><EventEmitter></a></li> 226</ul> 227<p>The <code>inspector.Session</code> is used for dispatching messages to the V8 inspector 228back-end and receiving message responses and notifications.</p> 229<h4><code>new inspector.Session()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_new_inspector_session" id="inspector_new_inspector_session">#</a></span></h4> 230<div class="api_metadata"> 231<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 232</div> 233<p>Create a new instance of the <code>inspector.Session</code> class. The inspector session 234needs to be connected through <a href="#inspector_session_connect"><code>session.connect()</code></a> before the messages 235can be dispatched to the inspector backend.</p> 236<h4>Event: <code>'inspectorNotification'</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_event_inspectornotification" id="inspector_event_inspectornotification">#</a></span></h4> 237<div class="api_metadata"> 238<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 239</div> 240<ul> 241<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> The notification message object</li> 242</ul> 243<p>Emitted when any notification from the V8 Inspector is received.</p> 244<pre><code class="language-js">session.<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'inspectorNotification'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">message</span>) =></span> <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(message.<span class="hljs-property">method</span>)); 245<span class="hljs-comment">// Debugger.paused</span> 246<span class="hljs-comment">// Debugger.resumed</span></code></pre> 247<p>It is also possible to subscribe only to notifications with specific method:</p> 248<h4>Event: <code><inspector-protocol-method></code>;<span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_event_inspector_protocol_method" id="inspector_event_inspector_protocol_method">#</a></span></h4> 249<div class="api_metadata"> 250<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 251</div> 252<ul> 253<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> The notification message object</li> 254</ul> 255<p>Emitted when an inspector notification is received that has its method field set 256to the <code><inspector-protocol-method></code> value.</p> 257<p>The following snippet installs a listener on the <a href="https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/v8/Debugger#event-paused"><code>'Debugger.paused'</code></a> 258event, and prints the reason for program suspension whenever program 259execution is suspended (through breakpoints, for example):</p> 260<pre><code class="language-js">session.<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Debugger.paused'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">{ params }</span>) =></span> { 261 <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(params.<span class="hljs-property">hitBreakpoints</span>); 262}); 263<span class="hljs-comment">// [ '/the/file/that/has/the/breakpoint.js:11:0' ]</span></code></pre> 264<h4><code>session.connect()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_session_connect" id="inspector_session_connect">#</a></span></h4> 265<div class="api_metadata"> 266<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 267</div> 268<p>Connects a session to the inspector back-end.</p> 269<h4><code>session.connectToMainThread()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_session_connecttomainthread" id="inspector_session_connecttomainthread">#</a></span></h4> 270<div class="api_metadata"> 271<span>Added in: v12.11.0</span> 272</div> 273<p>Connects a session to the main thread inspector back-end. An exception will 274be thrown if this API was not called on a Worker thread.</p> 275<h4><code>session.disconnect()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_session_disconnect" id="inspector_session_disconnect">#</a></span></h4> 276<div class="api_metadata"> 277<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 278</div> 279<p>Immediately close the session. All pending message callbacks will be called 280with an error. <a href="#inspector_session_connect"><code>session.connect()</code></a> will need to be called to be able to send 281messages again. Reconnected session will lose all inspector state, such as 282enabled agents or configured breakpoints.</p> 283<h4><code>session.post(method[, params][, callback])</code><span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_session_post_method_params_callback" id="inspector_session_post_method_params_callback">#</a></span></h4> 284<div class="api_metadata"> 285<span>Added in: v8.0.0</span> 286</div> 287<ul> 288<li><code>method</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a></li> 289<li><code>params</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a></li> 290<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li> 291</ul> 292<p>Posts a message to the inspector back-end. <code>callback</code> will be notified when 293a response is received. <code>callback</code> is a function that accepts two optional 294arguments: error and message-specific result.</p> 295<pre><code class="language-js">session.<span class="hljs-title function_">post</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Runtime.evaluate'</span>, { <span class="hljs-attr">expression</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'2 + 2'</span> }, 296 <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">error, { result }</span>) =></span> <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(result)); 297<span class="hljs-comment">// Output: { type: 'number', value: 4, description: '4' }</span></code></pre> 298<p>The latest version of the V8 inspector protocol is published on the 299<a href="https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/v8/">Chrome DevTools Protocol Viewer</a>.</p> 300<p>Node.js inspector supports all the Chrome DevTools Protocol domains declared 301by V8. Chrome DevTools Protocol domain provides an interface for interacting 302with one of the runtime agents used to inspect the application state and listen 303to the run-time events.</p> 304</section><section><h3>Example usage<span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_example_usage" id="inspector_example_usage">#</a></span></h3> 305<p>Apart from the debugger, various V8 Profilers are available through the DevTools 306protocol.</p> 307<h4>CPU profiler<span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_cpu_profiler" id="inspector_cpu_profiler">#</a></span></h4> 308<p>Here's an example showing how to use the <a href="https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/v8/Profiler">CPU Profiler</a>:</p> 309<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> inspector = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'inspector'</span>); 310<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> fs = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>); 311<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> session = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> inspector.<span class="hljs-title class_">Session</span>(); 312session.<span class="hljs-title function_">connect</span>(); 313 314session.<span class="hljs-title function_">post</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Profiler.enable'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">() =></span> { 315 session.<span class="hljs-title function_">post</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Profiler.start'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">() =></span> { 316 <span class="hljs-comment">// Invoke business logic under measurement here...</span> 317 318 <span class="hljs-comment">// some time later...</span> 319 session.<span class="hljs-title function_">post</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Profiler.stop'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">err, { profile }</span>) =></span> { 320 <span class="hljs-comment">// Write profile to disk, upload, etc.</span> 321 <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (!err) { 322 fs.<span class="hljs-title function_">writeFileSync</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./profile.cpuprofile'</span>, <span class="hljs-variable constant_">JSON</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">stringify</span>(profile)); 323 } 324 }); 325 }); 326});</code></pre> 327<h4>Heap profiler<span><a class="mark" href="#inspector_heap_profiler" id="inspector_heap_profiler">#</a></span></h4> 328<p>Here's an example showing how to use the <a href="https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/v8/HeapProfiler">Heap Profiler</a>:</p> 329<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> inspector = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'inspector'</span>); 330<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> fs = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>); 331<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> session = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> inspector.<span class="hljs-title class_">Session</span>(); 332 333<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> fd = fs.<span class="hljs-title function_">openSync</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'profile.heapsnapshot'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'w'</span>); 334 335session.<span class="hljs-title function_">connect</span>(); 336 337session.<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'HeapProfiler.addHeapSnapshotChunk'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">m</span>) =></span> { 338 fs.<span class="hljs-title function_">writeSync</span>(fd, m.<span class="hljs-property">params</span>.<span class="hljs-property">chunk</span>); 339}); 340 341session.<span class="hljs-title function_">post</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'HeapProfiler.takeHeapSnapshot'</span>, <span class="hljs-literal">null</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">err, r</span>) =></span> { 342 <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'HeapProfiler.takeHeapSnapshot done:'</span>, err, r); 343 session.<span class="hljs-title function_">disconnect</span>(); 344 fs.<span class="hljs-title function_">closeSync</span>(fd); 345});</code></pre></section> 346 <!-- API END --> 347 </div> 348 </div> 349 </div> 350 <script> 351 'use strict'; 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