Update based on PR discussions

Author: millarm

README.md

@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ subsegments created on the import patching.
 ### Django in Lambda
 X-Ray can't search on http annotations in subsegments.   To enable searching the middleware adds the http values as annotations
 This allows searching in the X-Ray console like so
+
+This is configurable in settings with `URLS_AS_ANNOTATION` that has 3 valid values
+`LAMBDA` - the default, which uses URLs as annotations by default if running in a lambda context
+`ALL` - do this for every request (useful if running in a mixed lambda/other deployment)
+`NONE` - don't do this for any (avoiding hitting the 50 annotation limit)
+
 ```
 annotation.url BEGINSWITH "https://your.url.com/here"
 ```

aws_xray_sdk/ext/django/conf.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     'PATCH_MODULES': [],
     'AUTO_PATCH_PARENT_SEGMENT_NAME': None,
     'IGNORE_MODULE_PATTERNS': [],
+    'URLS_AS_ANNOTATION': 'LAMBDA',  # 3 valid values, NONE -> don't ever, LAMBDA -> only for AWS Lambdas, ALL -> every time  
 }
 
 XRAY_NAMESPACE = 'XRAY_RECORDER'

aws_xray_sdk/ext/django/middleware.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from .conf import settings
 
 from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder
 from aws_xray_sdk.core.models import http
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ def __init__(self, get_response):
         if check_in_lambda() and type(xray_recorder.context) == LambdaContext:
             self.in_lambda_ctx = True
 
+    def _urls_as_annotation(self):
+        if settings.URLS_AS_ANNOTATION == "LAMBDA" and self.in_lambda_ctx:
+            return True
+        elif settings.URLS_AS_ANNOTATION == "ALL":
+            return True
+        return False
+
+
     # hooks for django version >= 1.10
     def __call__(self, request):
 
@@ -50,12 +59,10 @@ def __call__(self, request):
             recorder=xray_recorder,
             sampling_req=sampling_req,
         )
-        http_as_annotations = False
         if self.in_lambda_ctx:
             segment = xray_recorder.begin_subsegment(name, namespace="remote")
             # X-Ray can't search/filter subsegments on URL but it can search annotations
             # So for lambda to be able to filter by annotation we add these as annotations
-            http_as_annotations = True
         else:
             segment = xray_recorder.begin_segment(
                 name=name,
@@ -67,36 +74,36 @@ def __call__(self, request):
         segment.save_origin_trace_header(xray_header)
         segment.put_http_meta(http.URL, request.build_absolute_uri())
         segment.put_http_meta(http.METHOD, request.method)
-        if http_as_annotations:
+        if self._urls_as_annotation():
             segment.put_annotation(http.URL, request.build_absolute_uri())
             segment.put_annotation(http.METHOD, request.method)
 
         if meta.get(USER_AGENT_KEY):
             segment.put_http_meta(http.USER_AGENT, meta.get(USER_AGENT_KEY))
-            if http_as_annotations:
+            if self._urls_as_annotation():
                 segment.put_annotation(http.USER_AGENT, meta.get(USER_AGENT_KEY))
         if meta.get(X_FORWARDED_KEY):
             # X_FORWARDED_FOR may come from untrusted source so we
             # need to set the flag to true as additional information
             segment.put_http_meta(http.CLIENT_IP, meta.get(X_FORWARDED_KEY))
             segment.put_http_meta(http.X_FORWARDED_FOR, True)
-            if http_as_annotations:
+            if self._urls_as_annotation():
                 segment.put_annotation(http.CLIENT_IP, meta.get(X_FORWARDED_KEY))
                 segment.put_annotation(http.X_FORWARDED_FOR, True)
         elif meta.get(REMOTE_ADDR_KEY):
             segment.put_http_meta(http.CLIENT_IP, meta.get(REMOTE_ADDR_KEY))
-            if http_as_annotations:
+            if self._urls_as_annotation():
                 segment.put_annotation(http.CLIENT_IP, meta.get(REMOTE_ADDR_KEY))
 
         response = self.get_response(request)
         segment.put_http_meta(http.STATUS, response.status_code)
-        if http_as_annotations:
+        if self._urls_as_annotation():
             segment.put_annotation(http.STATUS, response.status_code)
 
         if response.has_header(CONTENT_LENGTH_KEY):
             length = int(response[CONTENT_LENGTH_KEY])
             segment.put_http_meta(http.CONTENT_LENGTH, length)
-            if http_as_annotations:
+            if self._urls_as_annotation():
                 segment.put_annotation(http.CONTENT_LENGTH, length)
         response[http.XRAY_HEADER] = prepare_response_header(xray_header, segment)