feat: add in_app configuration for python SDK (#396)

* add in_app configuration for python SDK

* bump version

* add in_app_modules to init script as well

Author: hpouillot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 7.4.2 - 2025-12-22
+
+feat: add `in_app_modules` option to control code variables capturing
+
 # 7.4.1 - 2025-12-19
 
 fix: extract model from response for OpenAI stored prompts

posthog/__init__.py

@@ -1,25 +1,42 @@
 import datetime  # noqa: F401
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, Any  # noqa: F401
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional  # noqa: F401
+
 from typing_extensions import Unpack
 
-from posthog.args import OptionalCaptureArgs, OptionalSetArgs, ExceptionArg
+from posthog.args import ExceptionArg, OptionalCaptureArgs, OptionalSetArgs
 from posthog.client import Client
+from posthog.contexts import (
+    identify_context as inner_identify_context,
+)
 from posthog.contexts import (
     new_context as inner_new_context,
+)
+from posthog.contexts import (
     scoped as inner_scoped,
-    tag as inner_tag,
-    set_context_session as inner_set_context_session,
-    identify_context as inner_identify_context,
+)
+from posthog.contexts import (
     set_capture_exception_code_variables_context as inner_set_capture_exception_code_variables_context,
-    set_code_variables_mask_patterns_context as inner_set_code_variables_mask_patterns_context,
+)
+from posthog.contexts import (
     set_code_variables_ignore_patterns_context as inner_set_code_variables_ignore_patterns_context,
 )
+from posthog.contexts import (
+    set_code_variables_mask_patterns_context as inner_set_code_variables_mask_patterns_context,
+)
+from posthog.contexts import (
+    set_context_session as inner_set_context_session,
+)
+from posthog.contexts import (
+    tag as inner_tag,
+)
 from posthog.exception_utils import (
     DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_IGNORE_PATTERNS,
     DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_MASK_PATTERNS,
 )
 from posthog.feature_flags import (
     InconclusiveMatchError as InconclusiveMatchError,
+)
+from posthog.feature_flags import (
     RequiresServerEvaluation as RequiresServerEvaluation,
 )
 from posthog.flag_definition_cache import (
@@ -35,6 +52,8 @@
 from posthog.types import (
     FeatureFlag,
     FlagsAndPayloads,
+)
+from posthog.types import (
     FeatureFlagResult as FeatureFlagResult,
 )
 from posthog.version import VERSION
@@ -201,6 +220,7 @@ def tag(name: str, value: Any):
 capture_exception_code_variables = False
 code_variables_mask_patterns = DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_MASK_PATTERNS
 code_variables_ignore_patterns = DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_IGNORE_PATTERNS
+in_app_modules = None  # type: Optional[list[str]]
 
 
 # NOTE - this and following functions take unpacked kwargs because we needed to make
@@ -799,6 +819,7 @@ def setup() -> Client:
             capture_exception_code_variables=capture_exception_code_variables,
             code_variables_mask_patterns=code_variables_mask_patterns,
             code_variables_ignore_patterns=code_variables_ignore_patterns,
+            in_app_modules=in_app_modules,
         )
 
     # always set incase user changes it

posthog/client.py

@@ -5,24 +5,33 @@
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
-from typing_extensions import Unpack
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from dateutil.tz import tzutc
 from six import string_types
+from typing_extensions import Unpack
 
-from posthog.args import OptionalCaptureArgs, OptionalSetArgs, ID_TYPES, ExceptionArg
+from posthog.args import ID_TYPES, ExceptionArg, OptionalCaptureArgs, OptionalSetArgs
 from posthog.consumer import Consumer
+from posthog.contexts import (
+    _get_current_context,
+    get_capture_exception_code_variables_context,
+    get_code_variables_ignore_patterns_context,
+    get_code_variables_mask_patterns_context,
+    get_context_distinct_id,
+    get_context_session_id,
+    new_context,
+)
 from posthog.exception_capture import ExceptionCapture
 from posthog.exception_utils import (
+    DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_IGNORE_PATTERNS,
+    DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_MASK_PATTERNS,
     exc_info_from_error,
+    exception_is_already_captured,
     exceptions_from_error_tuple,
     handle_in_app,
-    exception_is_already_captured,
     mark_exception_as_captured,
     try_attach_code_variables_to_frames,
-    DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_MASK_PATTERNS,
-    DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_IGNORE_PATTERNS,
 )
 from posthog.feature_flags import (
     InconclusiveMatchError,
@@ -46,15 +55,6 @@
     get,
     remote_config,
 )
-from posthog.contexts import (
-    _get_current_context,
-    get_context_distinct_id,
-    get_context_session_id,
-    get_capture_exception_code_variables_context,
-    get_code_variables_mask_patterns_context,
-    get_code_variables_ignore_patterns_context,
-    new_context,
-)
 from posthog.types import (
     FeatureFlag,
     FeatureFlagError,
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ def __init__(
         capture_exception_code_variables=False,
         code_variables_mask_patterns=None,
         code_variables_ignore_patterns=None,
+        in_app_modules: list[str] | None = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize a new PostHog client instance.
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ def __init__(
             if code_variables_ignore_patterns is not None
             else DEFAULT_CODE_VARIABLES_IGNORE_PATTERNS
         )
+        self.in_app_modules = in_app_modules
 
         if project_root is None:
             try:
@@ -998,6 +1000,7 @@ def capture_exception(
                         "values": all_exceptions_with_trace,
                     },
                 },
+                in_app_include=self.in_app_modules,
                 project_root=self.project_root,
             )
             all_exceptions_with_trace_and_in_app = event["exception"]["values"]
@@ -2182,9 +2185,9 @@ def _initialize_flag_cache(self, cache_url):
             return None
 
         try:
-            from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
+            from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
         except ImportError:
-            from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
+            from urlparse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
         try:
             parsed = urlparse(cache_url)

posthog/exception_utils.py

@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from types import FrameType, TracebackType  # noqa: F401
 from typing import (  # noqa: F401
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Dict,
     Iterator,
     List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
+    Pattern,
     Set,
     Tuple,
     TypedDict,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
     cast,
-    TYPE_CHECKING,
-    Pattern,
 )
 
-from posthog.args import ExcInfo, ExceptionArg  # noqa: F401
+from posthog.args import ExceptionArg, ExcInfo  # noqa: F401
 
 try:
     # Python 3.11

posthog/version.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "7.4.1"
+VERSION = "7.4.2"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201