require-so-slow

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Command Line Usage

# Profiles the timeline of requiring `request@latest` and generates a trace
# output file you can load in Chrome Timeline viewer [1]
$ npx require-so-slow request
# You can specify specific versions or dist-tags.
$ npx require-so-slow got@9.0.0
$ npx require-so-slow got@rc
# You can specify what output filename to use:
$ npm require-so-slow -o lodash.trace.json lodash

npm i -D require-so-slow
# Traces the entire execution of entrypoint and writes to
# ./require-so-slow.trace by default
$ node -r require-so-slow [entrypoint]
# The output path can be changed with the TRACE_OUTFILE environent variable

API

const requireSoSlow = require('require-so-slow');
// load stuff, run stuff.
require('request');
// Write a trace file at some point.
requireSoSlow.write('require-trace.trace');