psi

PageSpeed Insights with reporting

Run mobile and desktop performance tests for your deployed site using Google PageSpeed Insights v5 with tidy reporting for your build process.

Install

$ npm install psi

Usage

API

psi(url, [options])

Returns a promise for the response data from Google PageSpeed Insights.

url

Type: string

URL of the page for which the PageSpeed Insights API should generate results.

options

Type: Object

key

Type: string
Default: Free tier

When using this module for a production-level build process, registering for an API key from the Google Developer Console is recommended.

strategy

Type: string
Default: mobile
Values: mobile desktop

Strategy to use when analyzing the page.

locale

Type: string
Default: en_US

Locale results should be generated in.

threshold

Type: number
Default: 70

Threshold score to pass the PageSpeed test. Useful for setting a performance budget.

psi.output(url, [options])

Output the formatted report to the terminal.

Returns a promise for the response data from Google PageSpeed Insights.

url and options are the same as psi().

CLI

$ npm install --global psi

$ psi --help

  Usage
    $ psi <url>

  Options
    --key        Google API Key. By default the free tier is used
    --strategy   Strategy to use when analyzing the page: mobile|desktop
    --format     Output format: cli|json|tap
    --locale     Locale results should be generated in
    --threshold  Threshold score to pass the PageSpeed test
    --optimized  Get the URL of optimized resources
    --download   Download optimized resources

  Example
    $ psi https://addyosmani.com --strategy=mobile

Getting PSI into your build process

A sample Gulp project using PSI is available.

If you use Grunt, grunt-pagespeed is a task by James Cryer that uses PSI under the hood.

For testing local projects, we recommend using psi-ngrok or ngrok.

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