slack_notification

Demo app - Receive Staging/Production exception notifications in Slack Channel

Required gems

• exception_notification, slack-notifier

Prerequisite

• Create a channel named “exceptions” in your Slack account
• Get Web Hook URL - click here

Integrate Slack Notification in your Rails app

• Add required gems in Gemfile

gem ‘exception_notification’
gem ‘slack-notifier’

• Install bundle

bundle install

• Add below code in file /config/environments/staging.rb

config.middleware.use ExceptionNotification::Rack,  
  slack: {
    webhook_url: "https://YOUR-SLACK-WEB-HOOK-URL",
    channel: "#exceptions",
    username: "staging-exception", # ENV based username to distinguish Staging Exceptions in channel
    additional_parameters: { 
      icon_emoji: ":large_blue_circle:",  # BLUE CIRCLE icon to distinguish Staging Exceptions in channel
      mrkdwn: true 
    } 
  }

• Add below code in file /config/environments/production.rb

config.middleware.use ExceptionNotification::Rack,  
  slack: {
    webhook_url: "https://YOUR-SLACK-WEB-HOOK-URL",
    channel: "#exceptions",
    username: "production-exception", # ENV based username to distinguish Production Exceptions in channel
    additional_parameters: { 
      icon_emoji: ":red_circle:",  # RED CIRCLE icon to distinguish Production Exceptions in channel
      mrkdwn: true 
    } 
  }