py-spy Command Examples

A sampling profiler for Python programs. More information: https://github.com/benfred/py-spy.

• Show a live view of the functions that take the most execution time of a running process:

py-spy top --pid {{pid}}

• Start a program and show a live view of the functions that take the most execution time:

py-spy top -- python {{path/to/file.py}}

• Produce an SVG flame graph of the function call execution time:

py-spy record -o {{path/to/profile.svg}} --pid {{pid}}

• Dump the call stack of a running process:

py-spy dump --pid {{pid}}