From df3d81d9b0cc1b29c5184dd2d2d2c315139906f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon de Haan Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:21:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README.rst | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index cd23fd6..7f3620d 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -3,3 +3,46 @@ Django-py-zipkin Django middleware and tracing utilities for submitting traces to Zipkin. py2 / py3 compatible. + +Usage +~~~~~ + +Set the settings, if not set it'll use defaults: + +*ZIPKIN_SERVICE_NAME*: ``unknown`` + The name to use when identifying the service being traced. + +*ZIPKIN_TRANSPORT_HANDLER*: ``django_py_zipkin.transport.zipkin_transport`` + Transport to use to submit traces to Zipkin. The default one submits + in the background via Celery. + +*ZIPKIN_ADD_LOGGING_ANNOTATION*: ``True`` + Whether to add a 'logging_end' annotation when py_zipkin + finishes logging spans + +*ZIPKIN_TRACING_ENABLED*: ``False`` + Whether or not to enable tracing, requires explicit enabling. + +*ZIPKIN_TRACING_SAMPLING*: ``1.00`` + The sampling threshold + +*ZIPKIN_BLACKLISTED_PATHS*: ``[]`` + List of regular expressions to ignore from tracing. + +Add the middleware + +:: + + MIDDLEWARE = [ + ... + 'django_py_zipkin.middleware.ZipkinMiddleware', + ... + ] + +Or instrument your code with the context manager:: + + with trace('span-name', request.zipkin_tracer) as context + traced_value = do_something_that_takes_time() + context.update({ + 'some.key': traced_value, + })