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Push your security events on the LittleBlueFox.io API.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
# Gemfile
gem 'littlebluefox-ruby'
or
$ gem install littlebluefox-ruby
With a RubyOnRails application:
# config/initializers/littlebluefox.rb
require 'littlebluefox/core'
LittleBlueFoxClient = LittleBlueFox::Client.new("...") # Access Token
# app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
class SessionsController < ApplicationController
# ...
def create
# ...
event = LittleBlueFox::Event.new(
:authentication_success,
'42',
'demo@demo.com',
request.remote_ip,
request.headers,
)
if user.authenticate(session_params)
event.event_type = :authentication_success
push_security_event(event)
# redirect_to hompage_path
else
event.event_type = :authentication_failure
push_security_event(event)
# ...
# render :new
end
end
private
def push_security_event(event)
begin
LittleBlueFoxClient.push(event)
rescue => e
Rails.logger.info(e)
end
end
# ...
end
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/LittleBlueFox/littlebluefox-ruby.
FAQs
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We found that littlebluefox-ruby demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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