Cannot import DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL from datadog.dogstatsd.base

[calobsymonds]

Describe the bug The constant datadog.dogstatsd.base.DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL is no longer importable as it was in prior versions.

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To Reproduce

1. Install datadog version 0.50.0
2. Attempt to run from datadog.dogstatsd.base import DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL

Python 3.10.14 (main, Mar 19 2024, 21:46:16) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] on darwin
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>>> from datadog.dogstatsd.base import DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL' from 'datadog.dogstatsd.base' (<OBFUSCATED>/Python/3.10/lib/python/site-packages/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py)

Expected behavior The import should succeed, as it did in versions 0.49.0 and prior.

Environment and Versions (please complete the following information):

Python info Python 3.10.14 (main, Mar 19 2024, 21:46:16) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] on darwin

Datadog package info (from pip):

Name: datadog
Version: 0.50.0
Summary: The Datadog Python library
Home-page: 
Author: 
Author-email: "Datadog, Inc." <dev@datadoghq.com>
License: BSD-3-Clause
Location: /Users/calobs/Library/Python/3.10/lib/python/site-packages
Requires: requests
Required-by: 

[calobsymonds]

You'll have to forgive me; I'm not a common GitHub user and I can't figure out how to apply a label (which should probably be severity/minor)

[ggierse]

Having the same problem

[sgnn7]

Hi @calobsymonds / @ggierse ,

From looking at the code history, the variable name was changed from DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL to DEFAULT_BUFFERING_FLUSH_INTERVAL here.

# Buffering-related values (in seconds)
- DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL = 0.3
+ DEFAULT_BUFFERING_FLUSH_INTERVAL = 0.3

This change does look like it's fixed/reverted by #851 for the next release (v0.51.x) when you will be able to use the old variable again so I'll close this issue as resolved. Feel free to reopen if needed.