Go

Sentry's Go SDK supports all recent versions of the language, and integrates well with a variety of popular frameworks and packages in the Go ecosystem. It gives developers helpful hints for where and why an error or panic might have occurred.

Sentry's Go SDK enables reporting messages, errors, and panics.

If you are using our previous Go SDK, you can access the legacy SDK documentation, until further notice.

On this page, we get you up and running with Sentry's SDK.

Don't already have an account and Sentry project established? Head over to sentry.io, then return to this page.

Sentry captures data by using an SDK within your application’s runtime.

When using Go Modules, you do not need to install anything to start using Sentry with your Go program. Import the SDK and the go tool will automatically download the latest version of the SDK when you next build your program.

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import (
	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
)

With or without Go Modules, to use the latest version of the SDK, run:

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go get github.com/getsentry/sentry-go

Consult the Go documentation on Modules for more information on how to manage dependencies.

Configuration should happen as early as possible in your application's lifecycle.

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package main

import (
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
)

func main() {
	err := sentry.Init(sentry.ClientOptions{
		Dsn: "https://examplePublicKey@o0.ingest.sentry.io/0",
		// Enable printing of SDK debug messages.
		// Useful when getting started or trying to figure something out.
		Debug: true,
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("sentry.Init: %s", err)
	}
	// Flush buffered events before the program terminates.
	// Set the timeout to the maximum duration the program can afford to wait.
	defer sentry.Flush(2 * time.Second)
}

This snippet includes an intentional error, so you can test that everything is working as soon as you set it up.

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package main

import (
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
)

func main() {
	err := sentry.Init(sentry.ClientOptions{
		Dsn: "https://examplePublicKey@o0.ingest.sentry.io/0",
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("sentry.Init: %s", err)
	}
	defer sentry.Flush(2 * time.Second)

	sentry.CaptureMessage("It works!")
}

Learn more about manually capturing an error or message in our Usage documentation.

To view and resolve the recorded error, log into sentry.io and open your project. Clicking on the error's title will open a page where you can see detailed information and mark it as resolved.

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