feat: add super properties

posthog/__init__.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 poll_interval = 30  # type: int
 disable_geoip = True  # type: bool
 feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds = 3  # type: int
+super_properties = None  # type: Optional[Dict]
 # Currently alpha, use at your own risk
 enable_exception_autocapture = False  # type: bool
 exception_autocapture_integrations = []  # type: List[Integrations]
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ def _proxy(method, *args, **kwargs):
             disabled=disabled,
             disable_geoip=disable_geoip,
             feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds=feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds,
+            super_properties=super_properties,
             # TODO: Currently this monitoring begins only when the Client is initialised (which happens when you do something with the SDK)
             # This kind of initialisation is very annoying for exception capture. We need to figure out a way around this,
             # or deprecate this proxy option fully (it's already in the process of deprecation, no new clients should be using this method since like 5-6 months)

posthog/client.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
         disable_geoip=True,
         historical_migration=False,
         feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds=3,
+        super_properties=None,
         enable_exception_autocapture=False,
         exception_autocapture_integrations=None,
         project_root=None,
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.disabled = disabled
         self.disable_geoip = disable_geoip
         self.historical_migration = historical_migration
+        self.super_properties = super_properties
         self.enable_exception_autocapture = enable_exception_autocapture
         self.exception_autocapture_integrations = exception_autocapture_integrations
         self.exception_capture = None
@@ -211,6 +213,9 @@ def capture(
         require("properties", properties, dict)
         require("event", event, string_types)
 
+        if self.super_properties:
+            properties = {**properties, **self.super_properties}
+
         msg = {
             "properties": properties,
             "timestamp": timestamp,

posthog/test/test_client.py

@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ def test_basic_capture_with_project_api_key(self):
         self.assertEqual(msg["properties"]["$lib"], "posthog-python")
         self.assertEqual(msg["properties"]["$lib_version"], VERSION)
 
+    def test_basic_capture_with_super_properties(self):
+        client = Client(FAKE_TEST_API_KEY, super_properties={'source': 'repo-name', 'environment': 'test'})
+
+        _, msg = client.capture("distinct_id", "python test event")
+        client.flush()
+
+        self.assertEqual(msg["event"], "python test event")
+        self.assertEqual(msg["properties"]["source"], "repo-name")
+        self.assertEqual(msg["properties"]["environment"], "test")
+
     def test_basic_capture_exception(self):
 
         with mock.patch.object(Client, "capture", return_value=None) as patch_capture: