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How to find a slow endpoint in an API — which part of the code is slowing down?
sobes.tech AI
Answer from AI
To find a slow endpoint and determine which part of the code is causing the slowdown, profiling and timing logs are used.
- Add time measurements at the beginning and end of request processing to understand the overall delay.
- Use profilers, such as pprof in Go, to get detailed information about function execution times.
- Log the execution time of key operations within the handler (e.g., database queries, calls to external services).
Example of using pprof:
import (
"net/http"
_ "net/http/pprof"
)
func main() {
go func() {
log.Println(http.ListenAndServe("localhost:6060", nil))
}()
// rest of the server code
}
After starting, you can open http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/ and analyze the profiles.
This approach helps localize bottlenecks and optimize specific parts of the code.