sentry-go
A robust Sentry client for Go applications
This library is a re-imagining of how Go applications should interact
with a Sentry server. It aims to offer a concise, easy to understand and
easy to extend toolkit for sending events to Sentry, with a strong emphasis
on being easy to use.
Features
- A beautiful API which makes it obvious exactly what the best way to
solve a problem is.
- Comprehensive coverage of the various objects that can be sent to Sentry
so you won't be left wondering why everyone else gets to play with Breadcrumbs
but you still can't...
- StackTrace Support using the official
pkg/errors
stacktrace provider,
for maximum compatibility and easy integration with other libraries. - HTTP Context Helpers to let you quickly expose HTTP request context as
part of your errors - with optional support for sending cookies, headers and
payload data.
- Extensive documentation which makes figuring out the right way to use
something as easy as possible without the need to go diving into the code.
In addition to the features listed above, the library offers support for a number
of more advanced use cases, including sending events to multiple different Sentry
DSNs, derived client contexts, custom interface types and custom transports.
Versions
This package follows SemVer and uses gopkg.in to provide access
to those versions.
-
sentry-go.v0 - import ("gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v0")
This version is the latest master
branch. You should avoid depending on this version unless you
are performing active development against sentry-go
.
-
sentry-go.v1 - import ("gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v1")
This version of sentry-go
maintains API compatibility with the package's v1 API. If you used
sentry-go
for a project prior to 2019-09-25 then this is the version you should retain until
you can update your code. It will receive bug and security fixes.
-
sentry-go.v2 - import ("gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v2")
This version is the most recent release of sentry-go
and will maintain API compatibility. If you
are creating a project that relies on sentry-go
then this is the version you should use.
Examples
Breadcrumbs and Exceptions
package main
import (
"fmt"
"gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v2"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
func main() {
sentry.AddDefaultOptions(
sentry.DSN("..."),
sentry.Release("v1.0.0"),
)
cl := sentry.NewClient()
sentry.DefaultBreadcrumbs().NewDefault(nil).WithMessage("Application started").WithCategory("log")
err := errors.New("error with a stacktrace")
id := cl.Capture(
sentry.Message("Example exception submission to Sentry"),
sentry.ExceptionForError(err),
).Wait().EventID()
fmt.Println("Sent event to Sentry: ", id)
}
HTTP Request Context
package main
import (
"net/http"
"os"
"gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v2"
)
func main() {
cl := sentry.NewClient(
sentry.Release("v1.0.0"),
)
http.HandleFunc("/", func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
cl := cl.With(
sentry.HTTPRequest(req).WithHeaders(),
)
res.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res.WriteHeader(404)
res.Write([]byte(`{"error":"Not Found","message":"We could not find the route you requested, please check your URL and try again."}`))
cl.Capture(
sentry.Message("Route Not Found: [%s] %s", req.Method, req.URL.Path),
sentry.Level(sentry.Warning),
)
})
if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil); err != nil {
cl.Capture(
sentry.ExceptionForError(err),
sentry.Level(sentry.Fatal),
sentry.Extra(map[string]interface{}{
"port": 8080,
}),
)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
Advanced Use Cases
Custom SendQueues
The default send queue provided by this library is a serial, buffered, queue
which waits for a request to complete before sending the next. This works well
to limit the potential for clients DoSing your Sentry server, but might not
be what you want.
For situations where you'd prefer to use a different type of queue algorithm,
this library allows you to change the queue implementation both globally and
on a per-client basis. You may also opt to use multiple send queues spread
between different clients to impose custom behaviour for different portions
of your application.
import "gopkg.in/SierraSoftworks/sentry-go.v2"
func main() {
sentry.AddDefaultOptions(
sentry.UseSendQueue(sentry.NewSequentialSendQueue(10)),
)
cl := sentry.NewClient()
cl.Capture(sentry.Message("Sent over the global queue"))
cl2 := sentry.NewClient(
UseSendQueue(sentry.NewSequentialSendQueue(100)),
)
cl2.Capture(sentry.Message("Sent over the client's queue"))
}
SendQueue implementations must implement the SendQueue
interface, which
requires it to provide both the Enqueue
and Shutdown
methods.