Sentry raven-java user context

Question

How can I set the user context with the sentry raven-java client?

I've tried adding a user_email tag, and adding user_email to the MDC. They both work as expecting, with the tag going to tags, and MDC going to additional data, but neither sets the sentry user context.

I also use sentry with javascript, and with raven-js, this works great:

Raven.setUserContext({
    email: '',
    id: ''
});

Is there a java equivalent?

See https://github.com/getsentry/raven-java/issues/110 - as of 5.1.0 you can add a `new UserInterface(id, username, ipAddress, email)` — Alden, Mar 03 '16 at 12:04

daisydanngo · Answer 1 · 2016-12-16T12:06:56.680

Seems can't send user information directly by logback. You can look at the implementation from raven-java:

protected Event buildEvent(ILoggingEvent iLoggingEvent) {
    EventBuilder eventBuilder = new EventBuilder()
            .withTimestamp(new Date(iLoggingEvent.getTimeStamp()))
            .withMessage(iLoggingEvent.getFormattedMessage())
            .withLogger(iLoggingEvent.getLoggerName())
            .withLevel(formatLevel(iLoggingEvent.getLevel()))
            .withExtra(THREAD_NAME, iLoggingEvent.getThreadName());
    ......
}

User info is send by: withSentryInterface(new UserInterface(...)), however what I see this implement only contains code for: StackTraceInterface and MessageInterface. I think you can add one by your self.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 09 '15 at 05:21

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from https://github.com/getsentry/raven-java/tree/master/raven-log4j#mapped-tags :

set map tags in the appender:

log4j.appender.SentryAppender.mappedTags=User,OS

and set the MDC in runtime:

void logWithExtras() {
    // MDC extras
    MDC.put("User", "test user");
    MDC.put("OS", "Linux");

    // This adds a message with extras and MDC keys declared in mappedTags as tags to Sentry
    logger.info("This is a test");
}

answered Feb 09 '15 at 05:21

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How do we pass user id, username, email so it works the same way as the client? – Adam Lane Oct 05 '16 at 18:08

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 08:37

If still interested, run this on startup (assuming "userid" and "ip" are set on the MDC):

Raven.getStoredInstance().addBuilderHelper(eventBuilder -> {
  UserInterface userInterface = new UserInterface(MDC.get("userid"), null, MDC.get("ip"), null);
  eventBuilder.withSentryInterface(userInterface);
});

Sentry raven-java user context

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