How to Monitor Ruby Cron Jobs with CronRabbit

The Problem

Ruby scripts run by cron can raise unhandled exceptions, hit memory issues with the GC, or fail to load gems. Without monitoring, failures go unnoticed.

The Solution

Add a Net::HTTP call to CronRabbit at the end of your Ruby script to confirm successful execution.

Integration

Use Ruby's built-in Net::HTTP or the httparty gem. Place the ping after all critical logic so it only fires on success.

Code Examples

Basic monitoring with Net::HTTP

Ruby

require 'net/http'

PING = "https://ping.cronrabbit.com/your-id"

def ping(path = "")
  uri = URI("#{PING}#{path}")
  Net::HTTP.get(uri) rescue nil
end

ping("/start")
begin
  run_data_export
  ping
rescue => e
  ping("/fail")
  raise
end

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Common Errors

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