open - inspector - Node

function open

import { open } from "node:inspector";



open(port?: number,
host?: string,
wait?: boolean,
): Disposable

Activate inspector on host and port. Equivalent to node --inspect=[[host:]port], but can be done programmatically after node has started.

If wait is true, will block until a client has connected to the inspect port and flow control has been passed to the debugger client.

See the security warning regarding the host parameter usage.

Parameters

optional



port: number

Port to listen on for inspector connections. Defaults to what was specified on the CLI.

optional



host: string

Host to listen on for inspector connections. Defaults to what was specified on the CLI.

optional



wait: boolean

Block until a client has connected. Defaults to what was specified on the CLI.

Disposable

Disposable that calls inspector.close().