Python Setup

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Installation

The latest scout-apm package supports Django 3.2+.

Older Django Versions: Older versions of Django may be supported by previous versions of the scout-apm package.

AInstall the scout-apm package:

pip install scout-apm

BConfigure Scout in your settings.py file:

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "scout_apm.django",  # should be listed first
    # ... other apps ...
]

# Scout settings
SCOUT_MONITOR = True
SCOUT_KEY = "[AVAILABLE IN THE SCOUT UI]"
SCOUT_NAME = "A FRIENDLY NAME FOR YOUR APP"

If you wish to configure Scout via environment variables, use SCOUT_MONITOR, SCOUT_NAME, and SCOUT_KEY instead of providing these settings in settings.py.

Heroku Customers: If you've installed Scout via the Heroku Addon, the provisioning process automatically sets SCOUT_MONITOR and SCOUT_KEY via config vars. Only SCOUT_NAME is additionally required.

CDeploy.

It takes approximately five minutes for your data to first appear within the Scout UI.

The latest scout-apm package supports Flask 0.10+.

AInstall the scout-apm package:

pip install scout-apm

BConfigure Scout inside your Flask app:

from scout_apm.flask import ScoutApm

# Setup a flask 'app' as normal

# Attach ScoutApm to the Flask App
ScoutApm(app)

# Scout settings
app.config["SCOUT_MONITOR"] = True
app.config["SCOUT_KEY"] = "[AVAILABLE IN THE SCOUT UI]"
app.config["SCOUT_NAME"] = "A FRIENDLY NAME FOR YOUR APP"

If you wish to configure Scout via environment variables, use SCOUT_MONITOR, SCOUT_NAME, and SCOUT_KEY and remove the calls to app.config.

Heroku Customers: If you've installed Scout via the Heroku Addon, the provisioning process automatically sets SCOUT_MONITOR and SCOUT_KEY via config vars. Only SCOUT_NAME is additionally required.

CDeploy.

It takes approximately five minutes for your data to first appear within the Scout UI.

Flask SQLAlchemy

Instrument flask-sqlalchemy queries by calling instrument_sqlalchemy() on your SQLAlchemy instance:

from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from scout_apm.flask.sqlalchemy import instrument_sqlalchemy

app = ... # Your Flask app 
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
instrument_sqlalchemy(db) 

Scout supports FastAPI through the Starlette instrumentation. General instructions for a FastAPI app:

AInstall the scout-apm package:

pip install scout-apm

BAttach the Scout middleware to your FastAPI app:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from scout_apm.api import Config
from scout_apm.async_.starlette import ScoutMiddleware

Config.set(
    key="[AVAILABLE IN THE SCOUT UI]",
    name="A FRIENDLY NAME FOR YOUR APP",
    monitor=True,
)
app = FastAPI()
app.add_middleware(ScoutMiddleware)

If you wish to configure Scout via environment variables, use SCOUT_MONITOR, SCOUT_NAME, and SCOUT_KEY and pass an empty dictionary to config.

Heroku Customers: If you've installed Scout via the Heroku Addon, the provisioning process automatically sets SCOUT_MONITOR and SCOUT_KEY via config vars. Only SCOUT_NAME is additionally required.

CDeploy.

It takes approximately five minutes for your data to first appear within the Scout UI.

The latest scout-apm package supports Celery 3.1+.

AInstall the scout-apm package:

pip install scout-apm

BConfigure Scout in your Celery application file:

import scout_apm.celery
from scout_apm.api import Config
from celery import Celery

app = Celery('tasks', backend='redis://localhost', broker='redis://localhost')

# If you are using app.config_from_object() to point to your Django settings
# and have configured Scout there, configuring here is not necessary:
Config.set(
    key="[AVAILABLE IN THE SCOUT UI]",
    name="Same as Web App Name",
    monitor=True,
) 
scout_apm.celery.install(app)

The app argument is optional and was added in version 2.12.0, but you should provide it for complete instrumentation.

If you wish to configure Scout via environment variables, use SCOUT_MONITOR, SCOUT_NAME, and SCOUT_KEY instead of calling Config.set.

Heroku Customers: If you've installed Scout via the Heroku Addon, the provisioning process automatically sets SCOUT_MONITOR and SCOUT_KEY via config vars. Only SCOUT_NAME is additionally required.

CDeploy.

It takes approximately five minutes for your data to first appear within the Scout UI.

Tasks will appear in the "Background Jobs" area of the Scout UI.

SQLAlchemy

To instrument SQLAlchemy queries:

from scout_apm.sqlalchemy import instrument_sqlalchemy

# Assuming something like engine = create_engine('sqlite:///:memory:', echo=True)
instrument_sqlalchemy(engine)

Flask SQLAlchemy

Instrument flask-sqlalchemy queries by calling instrument_sqlalchemy() on your SQLAlchemy instance:

from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from scout_apm.flask.sqlalchemy import instrument_sqlalchemy

app = ... # Your Flask app 
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
instrument_sqlalchemy(db) 
We also instrument the following libraries:

Not seeing a certain library? Reach out to us at support@scoutapm.com.