Configure http methods to capture in wsgi middleware

sentry_sdk/integrations/_wsgi_common.py

@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@
     x[len("HTTP_") :] for x in SENSITIVE_ENV_KEYS if x.startswith("HTTP_")
 )
 
+DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE = (
+    "CONNECT",
+    "DELETE",
+    "GET",
+    # "HEAD",  # do not capture HEAD requests
+    # "OPTIONS",  # do not capture OPTIONS requests
+    "PATCH",
+    "POST",
+    "PUT",
+    "TRACE",
+)
+
 
 def request_body_within_bounds(client, content_length):
     # type: (Optional[sentry_sdk.client.BaseClient], int) -> bool

sentry_sdk/integrations/flask.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable, Integration
-from sentry_sdk.integrations._wsgi_common import RequestExtractor
+from sentry_sdk.integrations._wsgi_common import (
+    DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE,
+    RequestExtractor,
+)
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.wsgi import SentryWsgiMiddleware
 from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import SOURCE_FOR_STYLE
@@ -52,14 +55,19 @@ class FlaskIntegration(Integration):
 
     transaction_style = ""
 
-    def __init__(self, transaction_style="endpoint"):
-        # type: (str) -> None
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        transaction_style="endpoint",  # type: str
+        http_methods_to_capture=DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE,  # type: tuple[str, ...]
+    ):
+        # type: (...) -> None
         if transaction_style not in TRANSACTION_STYLE_VALUES:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Invalid value for transaction_style: %s (must be in %s)"
                 % (transaction_style, TRANSACTION_STYLE_VALUES)
             )
         self.transaction_style = transaction_style
+        self.http_methods_to_capture = tuple(map(str.upper, http_methods_to_capture))
 
     @staticmethod
     def setup_once():
@@ -83,9 +91,16 @@ def sentry_patched_wsgi_app(self, environ, start_response):
             if sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(FlaskIntegration) is None:
                 return old_app(self, environ, start_response)
 
+            integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(FlaskIntegration)
+
             middleware = SentryWsgiMiddleware(
                 lambda *a, **kw: old_app(self, *a, **kw),
                 span_origin=FlaskIntegration.origin,
+                http_methods_to_capture=(
+                    integration.http_methods_to_capture
+                    if integration
+                    else DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE
+                ),
             )
             return middleware(environ, start_response)
 

sentry_sdk/integrations/wsgi.py

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import partial
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk._werkzeug import get_host, _get_headers
 from sentry_sdk.api import continue_trace
 from sentry_sdk.consts import OP
 from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
-from sentry_sdk.integrations._wsgi_common import _filter_headers
+from sentry_sdk.integrations._wsgi_common import (
+    DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE,
+    _filter_headers,
+)
 from sentry_sdk.sessions import track_session
 from sentry_sdk.scope import use_isolation_scope
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import Transaction, TRANSACTION_SOURCE_ROUTE
@@ -45,6 +49,13 @@ def __call__(self, status, response_headers, exc_info=None):  # type: ignore
 _wsgi_middleware_applied = ContextVar("sentry_wsgi_middleware_applied")
 
 
+# This noop context manager can be replaced with "from contextlib import nullcontext" when we drop Python 3.6 support
+@contextmanager
+def nullcontext():
+    # type: () -> Iterator[None]
+    yield
+
+
 def wsgi_decoding_dance(s, charset="utf-8", errors="replace"):
     # type: (str, str, str) -> str
     return s.encode("latin1").decode(charset, errors)
@@ -66,13 +77,25 @@ def get_request_url(environ, use_x_forwarded_for=False):
 
 
 class SentryWsgiMiddleware:
-    __slots__ = ("app", "use_x_forwarded_for", "span_origin")
+    __slots__ = (
+        "app",
+        "use_x_forwarded_for",
+        "span_origin",
+        "http_methods_to_capture",
+    )
 
-    def __init__(self, app, use_x_forwarded_for=False, span_origin="manual"):
-        # type: (Callable[[Dict[str, str], Callable[..., Any]], Any], bool, str) -> None
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        app,  # type: Callable[[Dict[str, str], Callable[..., Any]], Any]
+        use_x_forwarded_for=False,  # type: bool
+        span_origin="manual",  # type: str
+        http_methods_to_capture=DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE,  # type: Tuple[str, ...]
+    ):
+        # type: (...) -> None
         self.app = app
         self.use_x_forwarded_for = use_x_forwarded_for
         self.span_origin = span_origin
+        self.http_methods_to_capture = http_methods_to_capture
 
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         # type: (Dict[str, str], Callable[..., Any]) -> _ScopedResponse
@@ -92,16 +115,24 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
                             )
                         )
 
-                    transaction = continue_trace(
-                        environ,
-                        op=OP.HTTP_SERVER,
-                        name="generic WSGI request",
-                        source=TRANSACTION_SOURCE_ROUTE,
-                        origin=self.span_origin,
-                    )
+                    method = environ.get("REQUEST_METHOD", "").upper()
+                    transaction = None
+                    if method in self.http_methods_to_capture:
+                        transaction = continue_trace(
+                            environ,
+                            op=OP.HTTP_SERVER,
+                            name="generic WSGI request",
+                            source=TRANSACTION_SOURCE_ROUTE,
+                            origin=self.span_origin,
+                        )
 
-                    with sentry_sdk.start_transaction(
-                        transaction, custom_sampling_context={"wsgi_environ": environ}
+                    with (
+                        sentry_sdk.start_transaction(
+                            transaction,
+                            custom_sampling_context={"wsgi_environ": environ},
+                        )
+                        if transaction is not None
+                        else nullcontext()
                     ):
                         try:
                             response = self.app(
@@ -120,15 +151,16 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
 
 def _sentry_start_response(  # type: ignore
     old_start_response,  # type: StartResponse
-    transaction,  # type: Transaction
+    transaction,  # type: Optional[Transaction]
     status,  # type: str
     response_headers,  # type: WsgiResponseHeaders
     exc_info=None,  # type: Optional[WsgiExcInfo]
 ):
     # type: (...) -> WsgiResponseIter
     with capture_internal_exceptions():
         status_int = int(status.split(" ", 1)[0])
-        transaction.set_http_status(status_int)
+        if transaction is not None:
+            transaction.set_http_status(status_int)
 
     if exc_info is None:
         # The Django Rest Framework WSGI test client, and likely other

tests/integrations/flask/test_flask.py

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ def hi():
         capture_message("hi")
         return "ok"
 
+    @app.route("/nomessage")
+    def nohi():
+        return "ok"
+
     @app.route("/message/<int:message_id>")
     def hi_with_id(message_id):
         capture_message("hi again")
@@ -962,3 +966,68 @@ def test_span_origin(sentry_init, app, capture_events):
     (_, event) = events
 
     assert event["contexts"]["trace"]["origin"] == "auto.http.flask"
+
+
+def test_transaction_http_method_default(
+    sentry_init,
+    app,
+    capture_events,
+):
+    """
+    By default OPTIONS and HEAD requests do not create a transaction.
+    """
+    sentry_init(
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+        integrations=[flask_sentry.FlaskIntegration()],
+    )
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    client = app.test_client()
+    response = client.get("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.options("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.head("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    (event,) = events
+
+    assert len(events) == 1
+    assert event["request"]["method"] == "GET"
+
+
+def test_transaction_http_method_custom(
+    sentry_init,
+    app,
+    capture_events,
+):
+    """
+    Configure FlaskIntegration to ONLY capture OPTIONS and HEAD requests.
+    """
+    sentry_init(
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+        integrations=[
+            flask_sentry.FlaskIntegration(
+                http_methods_to_capture=("OPTIONS", "HEAD")
+            )  # case does not matter
+        ],
+    )
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    client = app.test_client()
+    response = client.get("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.options("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.head("/nomessage")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    assert len(events) == 2
+
+    (event1, event2) = events
+    assert event1["request"]["method"] == "OPTIONS"
+    assert event2["request"]["method"] == "HEAD"