Flutter - Sentry how to send event and stop sending in debug mode

Question

How to send specific information in Sentry ? There is Events in documentation but how to use them properly and where exactly to use them (EX: Send user email with the error) ?

Sentry provided this source code but where exactly I have to use it? :

 Sentry.configureScope(
      (scope) => scope.user = SentryUser(id: '1234', email: 'jane.doe@example.com'),
    );

And also how to stop sending reports in debug mode ?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '21 at 17:12

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Just to add an easy way to disable reporting in debugMode for anyone in the future:

Pass an empty string to the dsn in SentryFlutter.init if it's not in Release or Profile.

kDebugMode constant is available when importing Foundation

  await SentryFlutter.init(
    (options) {
      options.dsn = kDebugMode ? '' : sentryUrl;
    },
    appRunner: () => runApp(MyApp()),
  );

answered Nov 14 '21 at 17:12

Loren.A

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When I do this, exceptions aren't printed to the console anymore. You can add `options.debug = kDebugMode;` to get them back. – Kyle Venn Mar 28 '22 at 23:51
Easiest and most elegant solution – petras J Aug 26 '22 at 07:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '22 at 16:37

I simply only initialise Sentry if the app is in the release mode.

if (kReleaseMode) {
  // Only enable Sentry in release builds.
  await SentryFlutter.init(
    (options) {
      options.dsn = 'https://<your DSN>';
    },
    appRunner: () => runApp(const MyApp()),
  );
} else {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '21 at 12:46

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@Rock setting the user depends on your own business logic, the only important thing is to call Sentry.configureScope(...) after initializing the SDK, rather than that, any place would work.

For not sending events on debug mode, there are many ways to do it, you could simply not initialize the SDK when its debug mode, or you could filter events on debug mode https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/flutter/configuration/filtering/

answered Nov 02 '21 at 12:46

Manoel Neto

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Hi @Manoel thanks for response, I put the Sentry.configureScope(...) in the main after initializing sentry but unfortunately it did not work. In the sentry panel it still shows that the user is unknown – Rock Nov 03 '21 at 00:37
I have noticed that I am trying to send user data before user initialization, so I put this method after user initialization and it worked. Thanks a lot – Rock Nov 03 '21 at 10:55

Flutter - Sentry how to send event and stop sending in debug mode

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