# Profiling CPU ## HTTP API Sample at 99 Hertz, for 5 seconds, output report in [protobuf format](https://github.com/google/pprof/blob/master/proto/profile.proto). ```bash curl -X POST -s '0:4000/debug/prof/cpu' > /tmp/pprof.out ``` Then you can use `pprof` command with the protobuf file. ```bash go tool pprof -top /tmp/pprof.out ``` Sample at 99 Hertz, for 60 seconds, output report in flamegraph format. ```bash curl -X POST -s '0:4000/debug/prof/cpu?seconds=60&output=flamegraph' > /tmp/pprof.svg ``` Sample at 49 Hertz, for 10 seconds, output report in text format. ```bash curl -X POST -s '0:4000/debug/prof/cpu?seconds=10&frequency=49&output=text' > /tmp/pprof.txt ```