How to send an email for troubled code in RoR?

Question

How to set up a means to automatically send an email from certain parts of troubled code, that is, very often, code that might appear in the Rescue predicate of a begin.....rescue, so as to track down issues remotely.

Surely there must be a gem for such? If not, how might one construct something like this in code?

Answer 1

E-Mail poses a security risk and information leak issue, perhaps try using a service that offers SSL and make sure to strip information as it goes into it. There is HoneyBadger (I don't remember them offering a free service) and Airbrake (they do offer a limited free account)

There is also bugsnag but I haven't really played with it.

Comments

Datadog is another option, they have a free limited level: 5 hosts, 1 day retention.