API

Getting started

To get started install the debugbear Node module and generate an API key. You'll also need to find the ID of the page you want to analyze.

Learn more about getting started.

Managing projects and pages

Read about managing projects and pages with the Node API.

Starting an analysis

Create a script.js file like this:

const { DebugBear } = require("debugbear");
// TypeScript: import { DebugBear } from "debugbear"
const debugbear = new DebugBear(process.env.DEBUGBEAR_API_KEY);

const pageId = 185;
debugbear.pages.analyze(pageId).then((analysis) => {
  analysis.waitForResult().then(() => {
    console.log("Analysis complete, view results here: " + analysis.url);
  });
});

Then run DEBUGBEAR_API_KEY=... node script.js.

Additional options

The Node module supports similar arguments to the CLI.

Building a particular commit

debugbear.pages.analyze(pageId, {
  commitHash: "e2ba122",
  buildTitle: "Add support for tags",
  // infer additional details from the environment, for
  // example the name of the current branch
  inferBuildInfo: true,
});

Customizing the url and HTTP headers

debugbear.pages.analyze(pageId, {
  url: "http://staging.com",
  customHeaders: {
    "X-Feature-Flags": "tags",
  },
});

Access build status and metrics

const analysis = await debugbear.pages.analyze(pageId, {
  // Commit Hash is required to generate a build
  commitHash: "abc123",
});
const res = await analysis.waitForResult();
console.log(res);

This might log something like this:

{
  "url": "https://www.debugbear.com/viewResult/787431",
  "hasFinished": true,
  "build": {
    "status": "failure",
    "metrics": {
      "analysis.date": "2020-02-14T19:06:42.201Z",
      "performance.speedIndex": 1087,
      "performance.interactive": 895,
      "performance.firstContentfulPaint": 845,
      "performance.firstMeaningfulPaint": 1301,
      "performance.score": 0.96,
      "accessibility.score": 0.55,
      "bestPractices.score": 0.79,
      "seo.score": 0.8,
      "pwa.score": 0.54,
      "pageWeight.total": 1666205,
      "pageWeight.document": 5745,
      "pageWeight.stylesheet": 4562,
      "pageWeight.image": 1571870,
      "pageWeight.script": 65597,
      "pageWeight.font": 18431,
      "pageWeight.ajax": 0,
      "pageWeight.media": 0,
      "pageWeight.other": 0,
      "pageWeight.redirect": 0
    }
  }
}

Status will be neutral if no performance budget has been set up, otherwise it will be either success or failure.

Using the HTTP API directly

You can trigger tests without using the Node module:

curl https://www.debugbear.com/api/v1/page/PAGE_ID/analyze \
  -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"http://example.com","buildTitle":"Site update"}'

Export result metrics

The getMetrics function provides the same metrics as the on-page data export button, for example performance metrics, page weight, and Lighthouse scores.

let metrics = await debugbear.pages.getMetrics(pageId, {
  from: new Date(2020, 4, 1),
  to: new Date(2020, 5, 1),
});
console.log(metrics[0]["performance.score"]);

Using cURL

You can load page metrics by using the HTTP API directly.

curl https://www.debugbear.com/api/v1/page/PAGE_ID/metrics \
  -X GET \
  -H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \
  -G \
  -d from=2020-02-01 \
  -d to=2020-03-01

Get recent results for pages in a project

Call projects.getPageMetrics to get the latest metrics for all your pages, similar to what you'd see on your project overview page on the DebugBear website.

const pageMetrics = await debugbear.projects.getPageMetrics(project.id);
pageMetrics.forEach((item) => {
  console.log(`SEO score for ${item.page.name}: ${item.metrics["seo.score"]}`);
});

Getting older metrics

By default the most recent results will be reported by the API. If you need to load results for an older build you can pass in the before parameter, so results after that date will be ignored.

const pageMetrics = await debugbear.projects.getPageMetrics(project.id, {
  before: new Date(2020, 8, 4),
});

Using cURL

curl https://www.debugbear.com/api/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/pageMetrics  \
  -X GET \
  -H "x-api-key: API_KEY" \
  -G \
  -d before=2020-02-01

Retrieving a project

Use projects.get to retrieve a project, including the list of pages within it.

const project = await dbb.projects.get(project.id);
console.log(project.name, project.pages)

Using cURL

curl https://www.debugbear.com/api/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID  \
  -X GET \
  -H "x-api-key: API_KEY"

Need other API features?

Let us know and we'll work with you to support your requirements.