Add 'disabled' option for use in tests

LICENSE

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Copyright (c) 2020 PostHog (part of Hiberly Inc)
 
+Copyright (c) 2013 Segment Inc. friends@segment.com
+
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ An `identify` call requires
 
 For example:
 ```python
-posthog.capture('distinct id', {
+posthog.identify('distinct id', {
     'email': 'dwayne@gmail.com',
     'name': 'Dwayne Johnson'
 })
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ In a purely back-end implementation, this means whenever an anonymous user does
 
 The same concept applies for when a user logs in.
 
+If you're using PostHog in the front-end and back-end, doing the `identify` call in the frontend will be enough.
+
 An `alias` call requires
 - `previous distinct id` the unique ID of the user before
 - `distinct id` the current unique id

posthog/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on_error: Callable = None
 debug: bool = False
 send: bool = True
 sync_mode:bool = False
+disabled: bool = False
 
 default_client = None
 
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ def shutdown():
 def _proxy(method, *args, **kwargs):
     """Create an analytics client if one doesn't exist and send to it."""
     global default_client
+    if disabled:
+        return None
     if not default_client:
         default_client = Client(api_key, host=host, debug=debug,
                                 on_error=on_error, send=send,

posthog/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '1.0.8'
+VERSION = '1.0.9'