pidusage
Cross-platform process cpu % and memory usage of a PID.
Synopsis
Ideas from https://github.com/arunoda/node-usage but with no C-bindings.
Please note that if you need to check a Node.JS script process cpu and memory usage, you can use process.cpuUsage
and process.memoryUsage
since node v6.1.0. This script remain useful when you have no control over the remote script, or if the process is not a Node.JS process.
Usage
var pidusage = require('pidusage')
pidusage(process.pid, function (err, stats) {
console.log(stats)
// => {
// cpu: 10.0, // percentage (from 0 to 100*vcore)
// memory: 357306368, // bytes
// ppid: 312, // PPID
// pid: 727, // PID
// ctime: 867000, // ms user + system time
// elapsed: 6650000, // ms since the start of the process
// timestamp: 864000000 // ms since epoch
// }
cb()
})
// It supports also multiple pids
pidusage([727, 1234], function (err, stats) {
console.log(stats)
// => {
// 727: {
// cpu: 10.0, // percentage (from 0 to 100*vcore)
// memory: 357306368, // bytes
// ppid: 312, // PPID
// pid: 727, // PID
// ctime: 867000, // ms user + system time
// elapsed: 6650000, // ms since the start of the process
// timestamp: 864000000 // ms since epoch
// },
// 1234: {
// cpu: 0.1, // percentage (from 0 to 100*vcore)
// memory: 3846144, // bytes
// ppid: 727, // PPID
// pid: 1234, // PID
// ctime: 0, // ms user + system time
// elapsed: 20000, // ms since the start of the process
// timestamp: 864000000 // ms since epoch
// }
// }
})
// If no callback is given it returns a promise instead
const stats = await pidusage(process.pid)
console.log(stats)
// => {
// cpu: 10.0, // percentage (from 0 to 100*vcore)
// memory: 357306368, // bytes
// ppid: 312, // PPID
// pid: 727, // PID
// ctime: 867000, // ms user + system time
// elapsed: 6650000, // ms since the start of the process
// timestamp: 864000000 // ms since epoch
// }
// Avoid using setInterval as they could overlap with asynchronous processing
function compute(cb) {
pidusage(process.pid, function (err, stats) {
console.log(stats)
// => {
// cpu: 10.0, // percentage (from 0 to 100*vcore)
// memory: 357306368, // bytes
// ppid: 312, // PPID
// pid: 727, // PID
// ctime: 867000, // ms user + system time
// elapsed: 6650000, // ms since the start of the process
// timestamp: 864000000 // ms since epoch
// }
cb()
})
}
function interval(time) {
setTimeout(function() {
compute(function() {
interval(time)
})
}, time)
}
// Compute statistics every second:
interval(1000)
// Above example using async/await
const compute = async () => {
const stats = await pidusage(process.pid)
// do something
}
// Compute statistics every second:
const interval = async (time) => {
setTimeout(async () => {
await compute()
interval(time)
}, time)
}
interval(1000)
Compatibility
Property | Linux | FreeBSD | NetBSD | SunOS | macOS | Win | AIX | Alpine |
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cpu |
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memory |
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pid |
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ctime |
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elapsed |
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timestamp |
Please if your platform is not supported or if you have reported wrong readings file an issue.
By default, pidusage will use procfile
parsing on most unix systems. If you want to use ps
instead use the usePs
option:
pidusage(pid, {usePs: true})
API
[Promise.<Object>]
pidusage(pids, [options = {}], [callback]) ⇒ Get pid informations.
Kind: global function
Returns: Promise.<Object>
- Only when the callback is not provided.
Access: public
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
pids | Number | Array.<Number> | String | Array.<String> |
A pid or a list of pids. |
[options] | object |
Options object. See the table below. |
[callback] | function |
Called when the statistics are ready. If not provided a promise is returned instead. |
options
Setting the options programatically will override environment variables
Param | Type | Environment variable | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
[usePs] | boolean |
PIDUSAGE_USE_PS |
false |
When true uses ps instead of proc files to fetch process information |
[maxage] | number |
PIDUSAGE_MAXAGE |
60000 |
Max age of a process on history. |
PIDUSAGE_SILENT=1
can be used to remove every console message triggered by pidusage.
pidusage.clear()
If needed this function can be used to delete all in-memory metrics and clear the event loop. This is not necessary before exiting as the interval we're registring does not hold up the event loop.
Related
- pidusage-tree - Compute a pidusage tree
Authors
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.