pwmetrics

Progressive web metrics at your fingertipz. 💅

CLI tool and lib to gather performance metrics via Lighthouse. IN BETA.

Documentation on these metrics in the works. If you hit bugs in the metrics collection, report at Lighthouse issues.

Install

$ npm install --global pwmetrics
# or
$ npm install pwmetrics --save-dev

CLI Usage

$ pwmetrics <url> <flags>

pwmetrics http://example.com/

# --runs=n     Does n runs (eg. 3, 5), and reports the median run's numbers.
#              Median run selected by run with the median TTI.
pwmetrics http://example.com/ --runs=3

# --json       Reports json details to stdout.
pwmetrics http://example.com/ --json

# returns...
# {runs: [{
#   "timings": [
#     {
#       "name": "First Contentful Paint",
#       "value": 289.642
#     },
#     {
#       "name": "First Meaningful Paint",
#       "value": 289.6
#     },
#     ...

# --output-path       File path to save results.
pwmetrics http://example.com/ --output-path='pathToFile/file.json'

# --config        Provide configuration. See _Defining config_ below.
pwmetrics --config

# --submit       Submit results to Google Sheets. See _Defining submit_ below.
pwmetrics --submit

# --upload       Upload Lighthouse traces to Google Drive. See _Defining upload_ below.
pwmetrics --upload

# --view       View Lighthouse traces, which were uploaded to Google Drive, in DevTools. See _Defining view_ below.
pwmetrics --view

##
## CLI options useful for CI
##

# --expectations  Assert metrics results against provides values. See _Defining expectations_ below.
pwmetrics --expectations

Defining config

# run pwmetrics with config in package.json
pwmetrics --config

package.json

...
  "pwmetrics": {
    "url": "http://example.com/",
    // other configuration options
  }
...

# run pwmetrics with config in pwmetrics-config.js
pwmetrics --config=pwmetrics-config.js

pwmetrics-config.js

module.exports = {
  url: 'http://example.com/',
   // other configuration options. Read _All available configuration options_
}

All available configuration options

pwmetrics-config.js

module.exports = {
  url: 'http://example.com/',
  flags: { // AKA feature flags 
    runs: '3', // number or runs
    submit: true, // trurn on submitting to Google Sheets
    upload: true, // trurn on uploading to Google Drive
    view: true, // open uploaded traces to Google Drive in DevTools    
    expectations: true // trurn on assertation metrics results against provides values   
  },
  expectations: {
    // these expectations values are examples, for your cases set your own
    // it's not required to use all metrics, you can use just a few of them
    // Read _Available metrics_ where all keys are defined
    ttfcp: {
      warn: '>=1500',
      error: '>=2000'
    },
    ttfmp: {
      warn: '>=2000',
      error: '>=3000'
    },
    fv: {
      ...
    },
    psi: {
      ...
    },
    vc85: {
      ...
    },
    vs100: {
      ...
    },
    tti: {
      ...
    }
  },
  sheets: {
    type: 'GOOGLE_SHEETS', // sheets service type. Available types: GOOGLE_SHEETS
    options: {
      spreadsheetId: 'sheet_id',
      tableName: 'data'
    }
  },
  clientSecret: {
    // Data object. Can be get 
    // either 
    // by (using everything in step 1 here)[https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/nodejs#step_1_turn_on_the_api_name]
    // or
    // by (using everything in step 1 here)[https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/quickstart/nodejs]
  }
}

Defining expectations

Recipes for using with CI

# run pwmetrics with config in package.json
pwmetrics --expectations

package.json

...
  "pwmetrics": {
    "url": "http://example.com/",
    "expectations": {
      ...
    }
  }
...

# run pwmetrics with config in pwmetrics-config.js
pwmetrics --expectations --config=pwmetrics-config.js

Defining submit

Submit results to Google Sheets

Instructions:

• Copy this spreadsheet.
• Copy the ID of the spreadsheet into the config as value of sheets.options.spreadsheetId property.
• Setup Google Developer project and get credentials. (everything in step 1 here)
• Take a client_secret and put it into the config as value of clientSecret property.

# run pwmetrics with config in package.json
pwmetrics --submit

# run pwmetrics with config in pwmetrics-config.js
pwmetrics --submit --config=pwmetrics-config.js

pwmetrics-config.js

module.exports = {
  'url': 'http://example.com/',
  'sheets': {
    ...
  },
  'clientSecret': {
    ...
  }
}

Defining upload

Upload Lighthouse traces to Google Drive

Instructions:

• Setup Google Developer project and get credentials. (everything in step 1 here)
• Take a client_secret and put it into the config as value of clientSecret property.

# run pwmetrics with config in package.json
pwmetrics --upload

# run pwmetrics with config in pwmetrics-config.js
pwmetrics --upload --config=pwmetrics-config.js

pwmetrics-config.js

module.exports = {
  'url': 'http://example.com/',
  'clientSecret': {
    ...
  }
}

View Lighthouse traces in timeline-viewer

Show Lighthouse traces in timeline-viewer.

Required to use upload flag

timeline-viewer - Shareable URLs for your Chrome DevTools Timeline traces.

# run pwmetrics with config in package.json
pwmetrics --upload --view

# run pwmetrics with config in your-own-file.js
pwmetrics --upload --view --config=your-own-file.js

pwmetrics-config.js

module.exports = {
  'url': 'http://example.com/',
  'clientSecret': {
    ...
  }
}

Available metrics:

• ttfcp - First Contentful Paint
• ttfmp - First Meaningful Paint
• psi - Perceptual Speed Index
• fv - First Visual Change
• vc - Visually Complete 100%
• tti - Time to Interactive
• vc85 - Visually Complete 85%

Default Lighthouse options

• disableCpuThrottling is set false by default. It means that CPU throttling 5x is enabled. To turn it off, run pwmetrics http:example.com --disableCpuThrottling

API

const PWMetrics = require('pwmetrics');

const pwMetrics = new PWMetrics('http://example.com/', options); // [All available configuration options](#all-available-configuration-options) can be used as `opts` 
pwMetrics.start(); // returns Promise

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
flags	Object	{ runs: 1, submit: false, upload: false, view: false, expectations: false, disableCpuThrottling: false }	Feature flags
expectations	Object	{}	See Defining expectations above.
sheets	Object	{}	See Defining submit above.
clientSecret	Object	{}	Client secrete data generated by Google API console. To setup Google Developer project and get credentials apply everything in step 1 here.

Recipes

• gulp

License

Apache 2.0. Google Inc.