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Skip and log warning when lambda_metric called with invalid name or value #553

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log warning and skip when metric name or value is invalid
nhulston Jan 21, 2025
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unit tests
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Merge branch 'main' into nicholas.hulston/log-when-metric-invalid
nhulston Jan 29, 2025
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accept metrics such as `"1.5"`
nhulston Jan 30, 2025
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fix lint
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Merge branch 'main' into nicholas.hulston/log-when-metric-invalid
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions datadog_lambda/metric.py
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Expand Up @@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ def lambda_metric(metric_name, value, timestamp=None, tags=None, force_async=Fal
Note that if the extension is present, it will override the DD_FLUSH_TO_LOG value
and always use the layer to send metrics to the extension
"""
if not metric_name or not isinstance(metric_name, str):
logger.warning(
"Ignoring metric submission. Invalid metric name: %s", metric_name
)
return

try:
float(value)
except (ValueError, TypeError):
logger.warning(
"Ignoring metric submission for metric '%s' because the value is not numeric: %r",
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Is there a chance that lambda_metric("kittens", "1") works? If so, then maybe we do something like

try:
  int(value)
except:
  # log warning and return
  return

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Yes, that does work surprisingly. Making the change and updating PR description!

metric_name,
value,
)
return

flush_to_logs = os.environ.get("DD_FLUSH_TO_LOG", "").lower() == "true"
tags = [] if tags is None else list(tags)
tags.append(dd_lambda_layer_tag)
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26 changes: 26 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_metric.py
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Expand Up @@ -92,6 +92,32 @@ def test_lambda_metric_flush_to_log(self):

del os.environ["DD_FLUSH_TO_LOG"]

@patch("datadog_lambda.metric.logger.warning")
def test_lambda_metric_invalid_metric_name_none(self, mock_logger_warning):
lambda_metric(None, 1)
self.mock_metric_lambda_stats.distribution.assert_not_called()
mock_logger_warning.assert_called_once_with(
"Ignoring metric submission. Invalid metric name: %s", None
)

@patch("datadog_lambda.metric.logger.warning")
def test_lambda_metric_invalid_metric_name_not_string(self, mock_logger_warning):
lambda_metric(123, 1)
self.mock_metric_lambda_stats.distribution.assert_not_called()
mock_logger_warning.assert_called_once_with(
"Ignoring metric submission. Invalid metric name: %s", 123
)

@patch("datadog_lambda.metric.logger.warning")
def test_lambda_metric_non_numeric_value(self, mock_logger_warning):
lambda_metric("test.non_numeric", "oops")
self.mock_metric_lambda_stats.distribution.assert_not_called()
mock_logger_warning.assert_called_once_with(
"Ignoring metric submission for metric '%s' because the value is not numeric: %r",
"test.non_numeric",
"oops",
)


class TestFlushThreadStats(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
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