---
title: "RQ: Sending exceptions to Sentry"
layout: patterns
---

## Sending Exceptions to Sentry

[Sentry](https://www.getsentry.com/) is a popular exception gathering service.
RQ allows you to very easily send job exceptions to Sentry. To do this, you'll
need to have [sentry-sdk](https://pypi.org/project/sentry-sdk/) installed.

There are a few ways to start sending job exceptions to Sentry.


### Configuring Sentry Through CLI

Simply invoke the `rqworker` script using the ``--sentry-dsn`` argument.

```console
rq worker --sentry-dsn https://my-dsn@sentry.io/123
```


### Configuring Sentry Through a Config File

Declare `SENTRY_DSN` in RQ's config file like this:

```python
SENTRY_DSN = 'https://my-dsn@sentry.io/123'
```

And run RQ's worker with your config file:

```console
rq worker -c my_settings
```

Visit [this page](https://python-rq.org/docs/workers/#using-a-config-file)
to read more about running RQ using a config file.


### Configuring Sentry Through Environment Variable

Simple set `RQ_SENTRY_DSN` in your environment variable and RQ will
automatically start Sentry integration for you.

```console
RQ_SENTRY_DSN="https://my-dsn@sentry.io/123" rq worker
```