## <img width=16 src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JonasGruenwald/spectator/main/priv/lucy_spectator.svg"> Spectator
[](https://hex.pm/packages/spectator)
[](https://hexdocs.pm/spectator/)
Spectator is a BEAM observer tool written in Gleam, that plays well with gleam_otp processes.
## Note
This is a work in progress, so far it has the following features:
- Show processes in a sortable table
- Tag individual processes for easy identification
- Show process details
- Show OTP process state
- Suspend / resume OTP processes
- List ETS tables
- View content of ETS tables
The goal is to extend it with these features in the future:
- [ ] List of active Ports
- [ ] Basic system statistics
- [ ] Pretty print dynamic data into HTML for nicer state inspection
- [ ] Inspect other Erlang nodes
## Installation
```sh
gleam add spectator@1
```
## Usage
> 🦔 **Please be aware spectator is still new, and a work in progress, reliability is not guaranteed, use at your own peril!**
Call `spectator.start()` in your application, to start the spectator service and WebUI.
In order to make it easier to identify your Gleam processes in the process list, you can tag them with a friendly name with `spectator.tag`, `spectator.tag_subject` or `spectator.tag_result` **after** starting the spectator service.
## Example
```gleam
import gleam/erlang/process
import spectator
import utils/pantry
pub fn main() {
// Start the spectator service
let assert Ok(_) = spectator.start()
// Start an OTP actor
let assert Ok(sub) = pantry.new()
// Tag the actor with a name for easier identification in the spectator UI
// Note: this only works because we called spectator.start before!
sub
|> spectator.tag_subject("Pantry Actor")
// Add some state to the actor
pantry.add_item(sub, "This actor has some state")
pantry.add_item(sub, "Another item in the state of this actor")
pantry.add_item(sub, "And some more state I've put into this demo actor")
// Sleep on the main process so the program doesn't exit
process.sleep_forever()
}
```
Further documentation can be found at <https://hexdocs.pm/spectator>.
