From d54cf15366458ac748d42a80809da05a398b7d25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Declan de Wet <declandewet@me.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:38:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add notes on debugging requests - closes #47

---
 contributing.md |  5 ++++-
 readme.md       | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
index 638cd6f..a25e036 100644
--- a/contributing.md
+++ b/contributing.md
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ $ make lint
 
 To lint the source and run the tests:
 
-```
+```bash
 $ npm test
+# or, for optional request logging:
+$ NODE_DEBUG=request npm test
 ```
 
+
 To create a coverage report:
 
 ```
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index cb7e562..78cbd07 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ roots-contentful also provides a convenient view helper called `asset` that allo
   img(src!= asset(post.image, {w: 100, h: 100, q: 50}))
 ```
 
+### Debugging Requests
+
+This extension makes network requests. If you need to log requests for debugging, set your `NODE_DEBUG` environment variable to `request`.
+
+For example, in a `roots compile` command:
+
+```
+$ NODE_DEBUG=request roots compile --verbose
+```
+
 ### License & Contributing
 
 - Details on the license [can be found here](license.md)