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@vscode/extension-telemetry

This module provides a consistent way for extensions to report telemetry over Application Insights. The module respects the user's decision about whether or not to send telemetry data. See telemetry extension guidelines for more information on using telemetry in your extension.

Follow guide to set up Application Insights in Azure and get your connection string. Don't worry about hardcoding it, it is not sensitive.

Install

With npm: npm install @vscode/extension-telemetry

With yarn: yarn add @vscode/extension-telemetry

Usage

Setup

import * as vscode from 'vscode';
import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';

// the connection string
const connectionString = '<your connection string>';

// telemetry reporter
let reporter;

function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
   // create telemetry reporter on extension activation
   reporter = new TelemetryReporter(connectionString);
   // ensure it gets properly disposed. Upon disposal the events will be flushed
   context.subscriptions.push(reporter);
}

Sending Events

Use this method for sending general events to App Insights.

// send event any time after activation
reporter.sendTelemetryEvent('sampleEvent', { 'stringProp': 'some string' }, { 'numericMeasure': 123 });

Sending Errors as Events

Use this method for sending error telemetry as traditional events to App Insights. This method will automatically drop error properties in certain environments for first party extensions. The last parameter is an optional list of case-sensitive properties that should be dropped. If no array is passed, we will drop all properties but still send the event.

// send an error event any time after activation
reporter.sendTelemetryErrorEvent('sampleErrorEvent', { 'stringProp': 'some string', 'stackProp': 'some user stack trace' }, { 'numericMeasure': 123 }, [ 'stackProp' ]);

Common Properties

License

MIT