# Automate Debugging with GDB Python API **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog\ **Created:** [July 2, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.memfault.com/t/automate-debugging-with-gdb-python-api/55 "2019-07-02T15:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![discobot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.memfault.com/discobot/32/1_2.png) [@discobot](https://community.memfault.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.memfault.com/t/automate-debugging-with-gdb-python-api/55/1 "2019-07-02T15:49:45Z")
[Previously](https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/gdb-for-firmware-1#debugging-firmware-with-gdb) we discussed how a significant portion of developer time is spent _debugging_ firmware and how GDB can be a powerful utility for this. In this article we will discuss how to become more efficient at debugging by leveraging GDB’s [Python API](https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Python.html#Python). * * * This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/automate-debugging-with-gdb-python-api](https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/automate-debugging-with-gdb-python-api) ---
**Author:** ![zakaria1193](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/96bed5/32.png) [@zakaria1193](https://community.memfault.com/u/zakaria1193)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://community.memfault.com/t/automate-debugging-with-gdb-python-api/55/2 "2024-02-19T00:58:14Z")
Thanks for introducing me to python scripting. Changed my life ! I have created a tiny helper to convert gdb.Value object to JSON that can be stored and post processed easily if needed. > **[GitHub - zakaria1193/gdb2dict: Converts gdb.Value to python data structures...](https://github.com/zakaria1193/gdb2dict)** > > Converts gdb.Value to python data structures that can be serialized to JSON - zakaria1193/gdb2dict