OeditusCredo.Check.Warning.MissingTelemetryForExternalHttp (OeditusCredo v0.6.1)

Basics

This check has a base priority of normal and works with any version of Elixir.

Explanation

External HTTP requests should be wrapped with telemetry for observability.

Instrumenting HTTP client calls helps track external API latency, failure rates, and can help identify third-party service issues.

Bad:

def fetch_user_data(user_id) do
  Req.get!("https://api.example.com/users/#{user_id}")
end

Good:

def fetch_user_data(user_id) do
  url = "https://api.example.com/users/#{user_id}"
  :telemetry.span(
    [:http, :request],
    %{method: :get, url: url},
    fn ->
      result = Req.get!(url)
      {result, %{status: result.status}}
    end
  )
end

This check detects calls to common HTTP clients: Req, HTTPoison, Finch, Tesla, :httpc

Check-Specific Parameters

Use the following parameters to configure this check:

:exclude_test_files

Set to true to skip test files (default: false)

This parameter defaults to nil.

:extra_http_modules

Additional HTTP client tuples {module_parts, [functions]} to check (default: [])

This parameter defaults to nil.

General Parameters

Like with all checks, general params can be applied.

Parameters can be configured via the .credo.exs config file.