node-alert

node-alert is a module whose primary purpose is to provide ways to alert you in the event of an error/crash

Features

• Extensible : All alert systems are built as plugins and are available under lib/services
• Lazy requires : The packages required by the plugins will only be downloaded if the user has asked for the plugin and if the package is not already available
• Straightforward APIs : node-alert doesn't have any APIs of its own. APIs exposed by plugins will be available to the user
• Easy to author plugins : Plugin architecture is based on Broadway, which makes it easy to write plugins. Check out mail plugin for an example.

Example usage for mail plugin

var alert = require('node-alert')({
  plugins : {
    mail : {
      nodemailer : {
        port : 25,
        host : "smtp.myserver.com",
        auth : {
          user : "myname@myserver.com",
          pass : "mypass"
      },
      message   : {
        addressed_to : "node-alert maintainer",
        serviceName : "Node-Alert test"
      }
    } 
  }
});

alert.alertMail(new Error('Test Error'), function(err, info) {
  if (err) console.log(err);
  else console.log('Success!');
});

Usage guidelines

• node-alert based services should not be used to handle process.on('uncaughtException'). Use Domains instead.

Plugin Authoring Guidelines

• Plugins are based on Broadway and have to adhere to their conventions
• One service per plugin
• Avoid cross-dependency with other plugins
• Only expose those API that are useful
• Lazy load modules. If using any service, use the require-helper. For example, see the mail plugin.
• Provide README.md with every plugin, containing at least one example of usage. (Example: mail plugin's README)
• Folder name of the plugin will be the same as the option the user will be expected to provide (Example: mail plugin requires that the user provide options to the plugin under mail. Check the example provided above)