adding send flag to client

Author: Ilya Volodarsky

analytics/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-VERSION = '0.3.4'
+VERSION = '0.3.5'
 
 import sys
 

analytics/client.py

@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def __init__(self, secret=None,
                        flush_at=20, flush_after=datetime.timedelta(0, 10),
                        async=True, max_queue_size=10000,
                        stats=Statistics(),
-                       timeout=10):
+                       timeout=10,
+                       send=True):
         """Create a new instance of a analytics-python Client
 
         :param str secret: The Segment.io API secret
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def __init__(self, secret=None,
         thread, therefore not blocking code (this is the default). False to
         enable blocking and making the request on the calling thread.
         : param float timeout: Number of seconds before timing out request to Segment.io
-
+        : param bool send: True to send requests, False to not send. False to turn analytics off (for testing).
         """
 
         self.secret = secret
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ def __init__(self, secret=None,
         self.flush_lock = threading.Lock()
         self.flushing_thread = None
 
+        self.send = send
+
         self.success_callbacks = []
         self.failure_callbacks = []
 
@@ -317,6 +320,10 @@ def _should_flush(self):
 
     def _enqueue(self, action):
 
+        # if we've disabled sending, just return False
+        if not self.send:
+            return False
+
         submitted = False
 
         if len(self.queue) < self.max_queue_size: