Capturing Division by Zero with Sentry in Python

This function uses the Sentry Python client library to capture and log a division by zero error. It first configures a Sentry client, then attempts a division by zero operation to trigger an exception, and finally uses the caught exception to call Sentry's capture_exception method.

Technology Stack : Sentry, Python

Code Type : The type of code

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
from sentry import capture_exception, get_client
from sentry import ClientOptions

def random_sentry_function():
    options = ClientOptions(
        dsn='https://public:secret@app.getsentry.com/12345',
        integrations=[random.choice(['raven', 'sentry-python'])]
    )
    client = get_client(options)
    
    try:
        # Simulate an error by dividing by zero
        result = 1 / 0
    except ZeroDivisionError as e:
        # Capture the exception using Sentry
        client.capture_exception(e)
    
    return result