⚡️ Speed up method BookStackDataSource.export_book_plaintext by 18%
#251
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📄 18% (0.18x) speedup for
BookStackDataSource.export_book_plaintextinbackend/python/app/sources/external/bookstack/bookstack.py⏱️ Runtime :
2.78 milliseconds→2.35 milliseconds(best of255runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves an 18% runtime improvement and 1.2% throughput increase through two key micro-optimizations:
1. Efficient String Formatting in URL Construction:
url = self.base_url + "/api/books/{id}/export/plaintext".format(id=id)url = f"{self.base_url}/api/books/{id}/export/plaintext"The f-string approach is faster than
.format()method calls, eliminating the overhead of method dispatch and format string parsing. Line profiler shows this reduces time from 464,728ns to 294,315ns (37% faster for this operation).2. Optimized Header Dictionary Operations:
merged_headers = {**self.headers, **request.headers}(dictionary unpacking)merged_headers = self.headers.copy()followed by conditionalupdate()Instead of always creating a new dictionary through unpacking (which allocates memory for all keys), the optimization copies the base headers once and only calls
update()when request headers exist. This reduces dictionary operations and memory allocations.3. Direct Header Copying:
headers = dict(self.http.headers)(constructor call)headers = self.http.headers.copy()(direct method)The
.copy()method is more efficient than thedict()constructor for copying existing dictionaries.These optimizations are particularly effective for high-throughput scenarios where the same operations are repeated frequently, as shown in the test results where concurrent loads of 50-200 requests benefit from reduced per-operation overhead. The improvements compound when handling multiple simultaneous API calls typical in BookStack data export operations.
✅ Correctness verification report:
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
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git checkout codeflash/optimize-BookStackDataSource.export_book_plaintext-mhbi7z4cand push.