Introduction

django_statsd is a middleware that uses python-statsd to log query and view durations to statsd.

• Python Statsd

  • https://github.com/WoLpH/python-statsd

• Graphite

  • http://graphite.wikidot.com

• Statsd

  • code: https://github.com/etsy/statsd
  • blog post: http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2011/02/15/measure-anything-measure-everything/

Install

To install simply execute python setup.py install. If you want to run the tests first, run python setup.py nosetests

Usage

Just add django_statsd to the installed_apps and add django_statsd.middleware.TimingMiddleware to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES

Advanced Usage

>>> def some_view(request):
...     with request.timings('something_to_time'):
...         # do something here
...         pass
>>>
>>> def some_view(request):
...     request.timings.start('something_to_time')
...     # do something here
...     request.timings.stop('something_to_time')