Profile a section of code in python.

profile.py

import time
import cProfile, pstats, StringIO
import os
import shutil
import tempfile

start_time = time.time()

pr = cProfile.Profile()
pr.enable()
# Insert function you want called here. 
pr.disable()
sortby = 'cumulative'
fd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
os.close(fd)
pr.dump_stats(tmpfile)
shutil.move(tmpfile, '/usr/local/smartfile/www/CPROFILE')

print("Function took {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))