Http Server

[taooceros]

Is it possible to use the http server provided by bitwarden cli bw serve. Since the cli is really really slow, the http server can provide probably provide a much faster access.

[RedMageKnight]

Hi @taooceros,

It does - it uses "http://localhost:8087"

[taooceros]

Oh ok, but it still seems slow for me. Even for empty query it takes a couple second to show up 🤔.

[RedMageKnight]

Are you getting any results at all? I'm wondering if you're experiencing a configuration issue - maybe send me the plugin logs and I can see if you're getting any errors.

[taooceros]

I am guessing the deboucing delay is a little bit large. Each http request only takes 160ms. However I am not sure why empty query will take a while to show up.

[taooceros]

I take a look on the log, and it doesn't seem to have much useful info except the part that I haven't properly setup.

[RedMageKnight]

What part didn't you set up? The debounce delay is 300 ms. The logs don't populate retroactively - you'd need to enable the info and debug logs and then try your operation again if you haven't already done this.

[taooceros]

Yeah I think the 300ms is a little bit long probably, as the http request would take 150ms (test with postman) which will combine to about half a second, which can be a significant delay. Probably it is not slow as a couple second, but feels a noticeable delay.

I take a look on the log with debug open, it doesn't seem to include much interesting thing.

It is a little bit confused for me about the slowness of the empty query, as that should not trigger the debounce delay. Maybe you could add some trace function to allow us to figure out where is the slow part?

[RedMageKnight]

Yeah, I'm actually looking into removing the debounce on an empty query in the next minor version. Might reduce the 300ms as well. I'm pretty sure I know where that's happening and how to resolve. Over time I'll look over other optimizations, but for now, is there anything hard stopping you from using this that you want to look at or are you just looking over the performance piece? Because for me, the performance isn't a deal breaker for me and I've been actively using it without issue.

[taooceros]

Yeah no worry I am just pointing out the performance issue. It is mostly fine.

Thanks for developing it.

[RedMageKnight]

Okay sounds good! I'll keep tweaking it and taking your suggestions to improve performance, I definitely appreciate it! I just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally broken for you at this point. I'm hoping I can get an update out today or tomorrow depending on how busy things get for me personally and then you know, feel free to let me know if anything else seems off and I'll continue looking :)

[RedMageKnight]

Will continue working on future performance enhancements with future updates, some of which has already been addressed in recent updates but could still be improved upon.