add util

Author: sentrivana

sentry_sdk/utils.py

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     # Python 3.10 and below
     BaseExceptionGroup = None  # type: ignore
 
+from opentelemetry.util.types import AttributeValue
+
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.consts import DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE_LENGTH, EndpointType
 
@@ -1831,3 +1833,25 @@ def get_current_thread_meta(thread=None):
 
     # we've tried everything, time to give up
     return None, None
+
+
+def _serialize_span_attribute(value):
+    # type: (Any) -> AttributeValue
+    """Serialize an object so that it's OTel-compatible and displays nicely in Sentry."""
+    # check for allowed primitives
+    if isinstance(value, (int, str, float, bool)):
+        return value
+
+    # lists are allowed too, as long as they don't mix types
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        for type_ in (int, str, float, bool):
+            if all(isinstance(item, type_) for item in value):
+                return value
+
+    # if this is anything else, just try to coerce to string
+    # we prefer json.dumps since this makes things like dictionaries display
+    # nicely in the UI
+    try:
+        return json.dumps(value)
+    except TypeError:
+        return str(value)