feat(tracer): ignore tracing for certain hostname(s) or url(s) (aws-powertools#910)

Author: michaelbrewer

Diff for: aws_lambda_powertools/tracing/tracer.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 import numbers
 import os
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Sequence, Union, cast, overload
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Union, cast, overload
 
 from ..shared import constants
 from ..shared.functions import resolve_env_var_choice, resolve_truthy_env_var_choice
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ def _patch_xray_provider(self):
         # Due to Lazy Import, we need to activate `core` attrib via import
         # we also need to include `patch`, `patch_all` methods
         # to ensure patch calls are done via the provider
-        from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder
+        from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder  # type: ignore
 
         provider = xray_recorder
         provider.patch = aws_xray_sdk.core.patch
@@ -778,3 +778,27 @@ def _disable_xray_trace_batching(self):
 
     def _is_xray_provider(self):
         return "aws_xray_sdk" in self.provider.__module__
+
+    def ignore_endpoint(self, hostname: Optional[str] = None, urls: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        """If you want to ignore certain httplib requests you can do so based on the hostname or URL that is being
+        requested.
+
+        > NOTE: If the provider is not xray, nothing will be added to ignore list
+
+        Documentation
+        --------------
+        - https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-python#ignoring-httplib-requests
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        hostname : Optional, str
+            The hostname is matched using the Python fnmatch library which does Unix glob style matching.
+        urls: Optional, List[str]
+            List of urls to ignore. Example `tracer.ignore_endpoint(urls=["/ignored-url"])`
+        """
+        if not self._is_xray_provider():
+            return
+
+        from aws_xray_sdk.ext.httplib import add_ignored  # type: ignore
+
+        add_ignored(hostname=hostname, urls=urls)

Diff for: tests/unit/test_tracing.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from unittest import mock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -628,3 +629,24 @@ def handler(event, context):
     # THEN
     assert in_subsegment_mock.put_annotation.call_count == 1
     assert in_subsegment_mock.put_annotation.call_args == mocker.call(key="ColdStart", value=True)
+
+
+@mock.patch("aws_xray_sdk.ext.httplib.add_ignored")
+def test_ignore_endpoints_xray_sdk(mock_add_ignored: MagicMock):
+    # GIVEN a xray sdk provider
+    tracer = Tracer()
+    # WHEN we call ignore_endpoint
+    tracer.ignore_endpoint(hostname="https://www.foo.com/", urls=["/bar", "/ignored"])
+    # THEN call xray add_ignored
+    assert mock_add_ignored.call_count == 1
+    mock_add_ignored.assert_called_with(hostname="https://www.foo.com/", urls=["/bar", "/ignored"])
+
+
+@mock.patch("aws_xray_sdk.ext.httplib.add_ignored")
+def test_ignore_endpoints_mocked_provider(mock_add_ignored: MagicMock, provider_stub, in_subsegment_mock):
+    # GIVEN a mock provider
+    tracer = Tracer(provider=provider_stub(in_subsegment=in_subsegment_mock.in_subsegment))
+    # WHEN we call ignore_endpoint
+    tracer.ignore_endpoint(hostname="https://foo.com/")
+    # THEN don't call xray add_ignored
+    assert mock_add_ignored.call_count == 0