Python App Engine flexible environment

Shows how to initialize Cloud Profiler with Python on App Engine flexible environment.

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Python

For more information, see the Profiler Python API reference documentation.

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import googlecloudprofiler

# Profiler initialization. It starts a daemon thread which continuously
# collects and uploads profiles. Best done as early as possible.
try:
    # service and service_version can be automatically inferred when
    # running on App Engine. project_id must be set if not running
    # on GCP.
    googlecloudprofiler.start(verbose=3)
except (ValueError, NotImplementedError) as exc:
    print(exc)  # Handle errors here

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