ExSentry

An Elixir client library for the Sentry error reporting platform.

Not an officially supported Sentry client.

Beta quality, offered without guarantee, YMMV, etc.

Installation

1. Add exsentry to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

    def deps do
      [{:exsentry, "~> 0.1.3"}]
    end
   

2. If using as an OTP application, ensure exsentry is started before your application in mix.exs:

    def application do
      [applications: [:exsentry]]
    end
   

   And configure your Sentry DSN in config.exs:

    config :exsentry, dsn: "your-dsn-here"
   

Usage

ExSentry can be used as a standalone client, as an OTP application tied into your app's lifecycle, or as a Plug in your webapp's plug stack (e.g., Phoenix router).

Standalone

Create a client process like this:

client = ExSentry.new("your-dsn-here")

And capture messages or exceptions like this:

client |> ExSentry.capture_message("Hello world!")

client |> ExSentry.capture_exception(an_exception)

client |> ExSentry.capture_exceptions fn ->
  something_that_might_raise()
end

OTP Application

If you've configured mix.exs and config.exs as described in installation step 2 above, you can invoke ExSentry without explicitly creating a client:

ExSentry.capture_message("Hello world!")

ExSentry.capture_exception(an_exception)

ExSentry.capture_exceptions fn ->
  something_that_might_raise()
end

Plug

ExSentry can be used as a Plug error handler, to automatically inform Sentry of any exceptions encountered within your web application.

To use ExSentry as a Plug error handler, follow the OTP configuration instructions, then put use ExSentry.Plug wherever your Plug stack is defined, for instance in web/router.ex in a Phoenix application:

defmodule MyApp.Router do
  use MyApp.Web, :router
  use ExSentry.Plug

  pipeline :browser do
  ...

Authorship and License

ExSentry is copyright 2015-2016 Appcues, Inc.

ExSentry is released under the MIT License, available at LICENSE.txt.