---
title: "Socket"
description: "Learn about the Socket integration and how it adds support network actions."
url: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/socket/
---

# Socket | Sentry for Python

Use this integration to create spans for DNS resolves and socket connection creations.

## [Install](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/socket.md#install)

Install \`sentry-sdk\`\` from PyPI.

```bash
pip install "sentry-sdk"
```

## [Configure](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/socket.md#configure)

Add `SocketIntegration()` to your `integrations` list:

In addition to capturing errors, you can monitor interactions between multiple services or applications by [enabling tracing](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/key-terms/tracing.md). You can also collect and analyze performance profiles from real users with [profiling](https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/profiling.md).

Select which Sentry features you'd like to install in addition to Error Monitoring to get the corresponding installation and configuration instructions below.

Error Monitoring\[ ]Tracing\[ ]Profiling

```python
import sentry_sdk
from sentry_sdk.integrations.socket import SocketIntegration

sentry_sdk.init(
    dsn="___PUBLIC_DSN___",
    # Add data like request headers and IP for users, if applicable;
    # see https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/data-management/data-collected/ for more info
    send_default_pii=True,
    # ___PRODUCT_OPTION_START___ performance
    # Set traces_sample_rate to 1.0 to capture 100%
    # of transactions for tracing.
    traces_sample_rate=1.0,
    # ___PRODUCT_OPTION_END___ performance
    # ___PRODUCT_OPTION_START___ profiling
    # To collect profiles for all profile sessions,
    # set `profile_session_sample_rate` to 1.0.
    profile_session_sample_rate=1.0,
    # Profiles will be automatically collected while
    # there is an active span.
    profile_lifecycle="trace",
    # ___PRODUCT_OPTION_END___ profiling
    integrations=[
        SocketIntegration(),
    ],
)
```

## [Verify](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/socket.md#verify)

```python
import socket

def main():
    sentry_init(...)  # same as above
    with sentry_sdk.start_transaction(name="testing_sentry"):
        timeout = 10
        socket.getaddrinfo("sentry.io", 443)
        socket.create_connection(("sentry.io", 443), timeout, None)
main()
```

This example will create a transaction called `testing_sentry` in the Performance section of [sentry.io](https://sentry.io), and create spans for the socket commands.

It takes a couple of moments for the data to appear in [sentry.io](https://sentry.io).

## [Supported Versions](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/socket.md#supported-versions)

* Python: 3.6+

The versions above apply for the current major version of the Python SDK. If you're looking to use Sentry with older Python or framework versions, consider using an older major version of the SDK.