Exception Logger for Rails 4¶ ↑

This gem is evolved from the outdated exception_logger gem. I refined it with the mountable rails engine, making it convenient to mount to any existing rails app.

Install¶ ↑

Inside your Gemfile:

# Rails 4.1.x
gem "exception_logger", :github => "ryancheung/exception_logger"

# Rails 4.0.x
gem "exception_logger", :github => "ryancheung/exception_logger", tag: 'v0.1.0'

and then run:

bundle install

Gem Dependencies¶ ↑

Please check if all those requirements are satisfied on your environment.

• will_paginate >= 3.0.5 # (used for pagination)

• rails >= 4.0.0

Inside your ApplicationController:¶ ↑

include ExceptionLogger::ExceptionLoggable # loades the module
rescue_from Exception, :with => :log_exception_handler # tells rails to forward the 'Exception' (you can change the type) to the handler of the module

Inside your config/routes.rb¶ ↑

mount ExceptionLogger::Engine => "/exception_logger"

Database Setup¶ ↑

Use

rake exception_logger:install:migrations

This will create a database migration

TIMESTAMP_create_exception_logger_logged_exceptions.exception_logger.rb

inside db/migrations

Then

rake db:migrate

Authentication¶ ↑

If you want, and believe me you want that, you can add the following lines to your environment to enable Authentication

Example uses the declarative_authorization gem

in config/environment/production.rb:

config.after_initialize do
  ExceptionLogger::LoggedExceptionsController.class_eval do
    # include any custom auth modules you need
    # (declarative authorization gem used)
    filter_resource_access
    # just add any code you want to be included in the controller ;)
    # optional, sets the application name for the rss feeds
    self.application_name = "Your Application Name"
  end
end

and (if you use declarative_authorization) add this to your authorization_rules.rb file:

role :admin do
  has_permission_on :logged_exceptions, :to => :manage
  ...

Testing & Development¶ ↑

Not implemented yet.

Usage¶ ↑

To localize the interface:

en:
  exception_logger:
    logged_exceptions:
      index:
        title: Logged Exceptions
        filters: Filters
        latest_exceptions: Latest Exceptions
        exception: Exception
        controller_action: Controller / Action
        dates: Dates
        today: Today
        last_few_days: Last few days
        last_7_days: Last 7 days
        last_30_days: Last 30 days
      show:
        title: Logged Exception

To log extra data, in your ApplicationController:

self.exception_data = Proc.new { |controller| "Extra exception infomation here!" }

or

self.exception_data = :extra_exception_data

def extra_exception_data
  "Extra exception infomation here!"
end

To add authentication, in config/application.rb or the specific environment file:

# set up authencation of exception_logger
config.after_initialize do
  ExceptionLogger::LoggedExceptionsController.class_eval do
    before_filter :authorize

    protected

    def authorize
      redirect_to main_app.admin_login_path unless admin_loggined?
    end

    def admin_loggined?
      session[:admin_user_id].present?
    end
  end
end

License¶ ↑

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.