Here are some examples of using attributes with the Python agent.
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Capture request parameters
Capturing request parameters is not enabled by default. The following configuration will turn on parameter capture for the default destinations: transaction_tracer
, transaction_events
, and error_collector
. To limit the destinations see the Selecting specific destinations example.
Configuration:
attributes.include = request.parameters.*
Capture only specific request parameters
To capture only specific request parameters, you can simply pass a list to attributes.include
:
Configuration:
attributes.include = request.parameters.user_id request.parameters.product_id
Disable all attributes
In this example, attributes are disabled, so the include and exclude lists will be ignored and all attributes will be filtered out.
Configuration:
attributes.enabled = false attributes.include = request.parameters.*
Input keys:
foo, bar, request.parameters.foo, request.parameters.bar
Output for destinations:
transaction_tracer: none error_collector: none transaction_events: none browser_monitoring: none
Select specific destinations
In this example:
- Attributes are disabled for transaction traces. The include and exclude lists will be ignored, and all attributes will be filtered out for this destination.
- Attributes are also disabled for browser monitoring by default.
- Request parameters (prefixed with
request.parameters.
) are off by default for all destinations.
As a result, only bar
is sent in traced errors and transaction events.
Configuration:
attributes.enabled = true transaction_tracer.attributes.enabled = false attributes.exclude = foo
Input keys:
foo, bar, request.parameters.foo, request.parameters.bar
Output for destinations:
transaction_tracer: none error_collector: bar transaction_events: bar browser_monitoring: none
Select values and destinations
In this example, specific input keys are selected for certain output destinations and excluded from others.
- The
food.fruit.banana
key will be excluded only from transaction traces. - The
food
andfood.bread
keys will be excluded from all destinations.
Configuration:
browser_monitoring.attributes.enabled = true attributes.exclude = food* attributes.include = food.fruit.* transaction_tracer.attributes.exclude = food.fruit.banana
Input keys:
food, food.bread, food.fruit.banana, food.fruit.apple
Output for destinations:
transaction_tracer: food.fruit.apple error_collector: food.fruit.banana, food.fruit.apple transaction_events: food.fruit.banana, food.fruit.apple browser_monitoring: food.fruit.banana, food.fruit.apple
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