whinytasks

= whinytasks

• http://adamthorsen.com/whinytasks

== DESCRIPTION:

WhinyTasks is sort of like ExceptionMailer but specifically designed for rake tasks that run in the background. With any website, background jobs tend to accumulate and sometimes it's hard to tell if they're working properly. WhinyTasks defines the whiny_task method, which can be used in place of the task method and results in tasks that send emails to a designated address when an exception occurrs during the execution of the task.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

• Sends an email to a configurable address if an exception occurs during the execution of a rake task.

== SYNOPSIS:

WhinyTasks::CONFIG = {
                          :to => "[e-mail]", 
                          :to_alias => "Alice",
                          :from => "[e-mail]",
                          :from_alias => "Site Exception Notifier"
                          :whine_if => "Merb.environment == 'production'"
                      }

whiny_task :run_background_jobs => :environment do
    raise "Uh oh!"
end

== REQUIREMENTS:

• requires rake

== INSTALL:

sudo gem install whinytasks

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 FIX

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