Simple tracking of custom events

Library to store custom data in lists by days in Redis. Old data is automatically removed. Useful for debugging and tracking different events in application.

Overview

Data is stored in Redis in lists with names: SITE_NAME : lists : list_name : day - Redis list

for example,

mysite:lists:mylist:20130407 - list for day April 04, 2013

Installation

It uses gem 'redis' and relies on $redis global variable to access Redis server.

Gemfile:

gem 'redis'
gem 'simple_events_redis'

Setup:

initializer:

# config/initializers/simple_events_redis.rb

require 'events'

$Mylog = SimpleEventsRedis::Events

$Mylog.this_site_name='sitename'
$Mylog.set_config({:EXPIRE_DAYS => 7})

Add new item to list

$Mylog.add('debug', {:msg=>'hello. something happened'})