Class: Metric::Track

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Metric::Track

Defined in:

lib/metric/track.rb

Overview

Used to track metrics

Class Method Summary

• .compose(metric, options = {}) ⇒ String

  Generate the url with query strings.

• .track(metric, options = {}) ⇒ nil

  Track the metric.

Class Method Details

.compose(metric, options = {}) ⇒ String

Generate the url with query strings

Parameters:

• metric (String) —

  Metric identifier

• options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

  Options

Options Hash (options):

• :amount (Symbol) —

  Amount to track

• :date (Symbol) —

  Override the default date (today)

• :meta (Symbol) —

  Pass in custom meta data about the metric

• :trigger (Symbol) —

  Flag for email notification

Returns:

• (String)

# File 'lib/metric/track.rb', line 15

def self.compose(metric, options = {})
  amount = options[:amount]
  trigger = options[:trigger]
  date = options[:date]
  meta = options[:meta]

  key = "?api_key=" + Metric.configuration.api_key
  url = Metric.configuration.protocol + "://" + Metric.configuration.host + '/track'
  url << key
  url << "&metric=#{CGI.escape(metric)}"
  url << "&amount=#{amount}" if amount
  url << "&date=#{date}" if date
  url << "&meta=#{CGI.escape(meta)}" if meta
  url << "&trigger=1" if trigger
  url
end

.track(metric, options = {}) ⇒ nil

Note:

curl is called in a seperate thread so this won’t block execution

Track the metric

Parameters:

• (String, Hash)

Returns:

• (nil)

# File 'lib/metric/track.rb', line 37

def self.track(metric, options = {})
  return if quit_early?(options)
  url = compose(metric, options)
  Thread.new do
    `curl "#{url}" 2>&1 ; `
  end
end