Sails inspect
This command should only be used with modern versions of Node. For Node v5 and below, use
sails debug.
Attach the Node debugger and lift the Sails app (similar to running node --inspect app.js). You can then use a tool like Chrome DevTools to interactively debug your apps (see the Node Inspector docs for more information).
sails inspect
Usage
Takes the same options as sails lift, listed here.
Example
$ sails inspect
info: Running app in inspect mode...
info: In Google Chrome, go to chrome://inspect for interactive debugging.
info: For other options, see the link below.
info: ( to exit, type <CTRL>+<C> )
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/7f984b04-b070-4497-bd15-056261a37f7c
For help see https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
To use the standard (command-line) Node debugger with Sails, you can always just run
node inspect app.js.
If you don't see your files in the Chrome DevTools, try clicking the "Filesystem" tab and adding your project folder to the workspace.
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Reference
- Application
- Blueprint API
- Command-line interface
-
Configuration
- sails.config.*
- sails.config.blueprints
- sails.config.bootstrap()
- sails.config.custom
- sails.config.datastores
- sails.config.globals
- sails.config.http
- sails.config.i18n
- sails.config.log
- sails.config.models
- sails.config.policies
- sails.config.routes
- sails.config.security
- sails.config.session
- sails.config.sockets
- sails.config.views
-
Request (`req`)
- req._startTime
- req.body
- req.cookies
- req.fresh
- req.headers
- req.hostname
- req.ip
- req.ips
- req.isSocket
- req.method
- req.options
- req.originalUrl
- req.params
- req.path
- req.protocol
- req.query
- req.secure
- req.signedCookies
- req.socket
- req.subdomains
- req.url
- req.wantsJSON
- req.xhr
- req.accepts()
- req.acceptsCharsets()
- req.acceptsLanguages()
- req.allParams()
- req.file()
- req.get()
- req.is()
- req.param()
- req.setLocale()
- req.setTimeout()
- req.host
- Response (`res`)
- Waterline (ORM)
- WebSockets
Reference
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