dogslow 0.1

A Django middleware that logs tracebacks of slow requests.

Overview

Dogslow is Django watchdog middleware class that logs tracebacks of slow requests.

Installation

Install dogslow:

$ pip install dogslow

Then add if to your list of middleware classes in your Django settings.py file:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'dogslow.WatchdogMiddleware',
    ...
)

For best results, make it one of the first middlewares that is run.

Configuration

You can use the following configuration properties in your settings.py file to tune the watchdog:

# Watchdog is enabled by default, to temporarily disable, set to False:
DOGSLOW = True

# Location where Watchdog stores its log files:
DOGSLOW_OUTPUT = '/tmp'

# Log requests taking longer than 25 seconds:
DOGSLOW_TIMER = 25

# When both specified, emails backtraces:
DOGSLOW_EMAIL_TO = '[e-mail]'
DOGSLOW_EMAIL_FROM = '[e-mail]'