> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Time Import • AI Agents Framework

> time_import: Time how long it takes to import a module.

# time\_import

<div className="flex items-center gap-2">
  <Badge color="teal">Function</Badge>
</div>

> This function is defined in the [**profiler**](../modules/profiler) module.

Time how long it takes to import a module.

Returns duration in milliseconds.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def time_import(module_name: str) -> float
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="module_name" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="float">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `time.time`

## Source

<Card title="View on GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai/praisonai/profiler.py#L1165">
  `praisonai/profiler.py` at line 1165
</Card>