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I have a parser step in NodeJS for one of my workflows, but it is taking a very long time to run. Is there anything I can do in the workflow settings / any best practices I can implement to speed up this nodeJS step?
It’s important to optimize your Node.js code to ensure it runs efficiently. Here are some general best practices to consider: 1. Review your code for any performance bottlenecks or unnecessary operations. 2. If you’re making HTTP requests, ensure you’re using the @pipedream/platform axios package, which is optimized for Pipedream workflows. 3. If your code involves processing large amounts of data, consider breaking it into smaller chunks and processing them sequentially or in parallel, depending on your use case. 4. Make use of caching or memoization techniques if your code involves repetitive calculations or API calls with the same input. If you can share more details about your parser step or provide the code, I can give more specific suggestions to help optimize it.
this code parses an output from a previous step and doesn’t import any packages. Is there anything I can change in the settings to speed it up? Or is it just a matter of optimizing the code / breaking it up into smaller chunks?
There are no specific settings in Pipedream to speed up a code step directly. Optimizing the code and breaking it into smaller chunks, as you mentioned, are the best approaches to improve the performance of your Node.js step. If you can share the code or provide more details about the parsing process, I can give more specific suggestions to help optimize it.