Send email when error occurs

Send email when error occurs

rfitzwaterrfitzwater Posts: 57Questions: 5Answers: 1
edited March 2012 in DataTables 1.9
How would I go about setting up data tables to send me an email when an data tables error/warning occurs (basically whenever data tables alerts you something went wrong)? Ideally, i'd like the email to contain some variables in the message. For example, I'd like to see error/warning message, the URL, and UserAgent info.

Has anyone setup anything like this? I'm guessing the best method would be to use an ajax call to a php to actually send the mail. What I need to know I guess is how to catch and do the processing when one of these warning/error messages occurs.

Thanks,

-Rhon

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  • rfitzwaterrfitzwater Posts: 57Questions: 5Answers: 1
    I was able to get this working by modifying the data tables javascript:
    [code]
    function _fnLog( oSettings, iLevel, sMesg )
    {
    var settings = {
    from: "blah@server.com",
    website: document.domain,
    }
    $.ajax({
    type:"GET",
    cache:false,
    url:"/js/errorhandler.php",
    data: $.param({'message':sMesg, userAgent: navigator.userAgent, 'from':settings.from, 'website': settings.website}),
    success: function(test){
    //alert("Report sent about the javascript error");
    }
    })
    var sAlert = (oSettings===null) ?
    [/code]

    My error handler.php script looks like this:
    [code]
    <?php

    $to = "towhom@web.com";
    $subject = 'A javascript error has been detected on '. $_GET['website'];
    $message = 'Error: '. $_GET['message']. '
    ';
    $message .= 'UserAgent: '. $_GET['userAgent']. '
    ';

    $headers = "From: ". $_GET['from'] ."\r\n"; // Or sendmail_username@hostname by default
    $headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    die("message sent")

    ?>
    [/code]

    I am curious looking at the data tables code though. Is it possible to disable the warning alerts with an easy setting?
  • allanallan Posts: 63,692Questions: 1Answers: 10,500 Site admin
    You can set

    [code]
    $.fn.dataTableExt.sErrMode = 'throw';
    [/code]

    to have DataTables throw an error rather then alert it.

    Allan
  • mathiemathie Posts: 36Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Is there a way to overwrite _fnLog() externally instead of applying the customization directly to the source every time? I also want to POST to a URL when any error happens. Throwing is silent and good for developer but if it's a production bug I won't know about it. Just want to ensure the best experience for users. Thanks.
  • allanallan Posts: 63,692Questions: 1Answers: 10,500 Site admin
    Currently no - there is no way to replace _fnLog other than by changing the source. I've just added it to my list of candidates for firing an event so you would be able to listen for that.

    Allan
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