Facebooker talk - Dec 2008 - conflict with Get Exceptional and Facebooker in ActionController::Base#rescue_action

I''m running a Rails 2.0.5 app, it serves normal content and Facebook
content with Facebooker.  I''ve been having a problem with Facebooker
conflicting with the Get Exceptional exception tracker
(http://github.com/contrast/exceptional/tree/master).  When an
exception is raised it makes a JSON package of the exception trace and
request environment to post back to their server. However when it does
this via ActionController::Base#rescue_action this exception thrown
when a TCPSocket object has to_json called upon it.
"Error sending exception data: can''t convert Symbol into
String"
When we use the older email based Exception Notifier its resue_action
is subverted by Facebooker as well.  If the app is loaded without
Facebooker both exception handlers operate as expected.

I''d be grateful if anyone has some clues to give me about where I
might a way to get everyone play together nicely.

I''ve tried duck punching ActiveSupport::JSON.encode
(activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb) to handle
exception nicely without success so far.

Thanks!

Mike

That'' really interesting. We''ve never seen problems with the
old
Exception notifier. There was a bug in exception notifier that caused  
that error, but it was an easy fix IIRC. We''re currently using Hoptoad
(http://www.hoptoadapp.com) with great luck.

Mike

On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Mike Mondragon wrote:
> I''m running a Rails 2.0.5 app, it serves normal content and
Facebook
> content with Facebooker.  I''ve been having a problem with
Facebooker
> conflicting with the Get Exceptional exception tracker
> (http://github.com/contrast/exceptional/tree/master).  When an
> exception is raised it makes a JSON package of the exception trace and
> request environment to post back to their server. However when it does
> this via ActionController::Base#rescue_action this exception thrown
> when a TCPSocket object has to_json called upon it.
> "Error sending exception data: can''t convert Symbol into
String"
> When we use the older email based Exception Notifier its resue_action
> is subverted by Facebooker as well.  If the app is loaded without
> Facebooker both exception handlers operate as expected.
>
> I''d be grateful if anyone has some clues to give me about where I
> might a way to get everyone play together nicely.
>
> I''ve tried duck punching ActiveSupport::JSON.encode
> (activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb) to handle
> exception nicely without success so far.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
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> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
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Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com

Upgrading to the latest Exception Notifier worked for us, thanks for
the tip.  I''ll have to look at their bug fix and see if I can apply it
to Get Exceptional''s plugin.

Thanks
Mike


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Mike Mangino <mmangino at
elevatedrails.com> wrote:
> That'' really interesting. We''ve never seen problems with
the old Exception
> notifier. There was a bug in exception notifier that caused that error, but
> it was an easy fix IIRC. We''re currently using Hoptoad
> (http://www.hoptoadapp.com) with great luck.
>
> Mike
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Mike Mondragon wrote:
>
>> I''m running a Rails 2.0.5 app, it serves normal content and
Facebook
>> content with Facebooker.  I''ve been having a problem with
Facebooker
>> conflicting with the Get Exceptional exception tracker
>> (http://github.com/contrast/exceptional/tree/master).  When an
>> exception is raised it makes a JSON package of the exception trace and
>> request environment to post back to their server. However when it does
>> this via ActionController::Base#rescue_action this exception thrown
>> when a TCPSocket object has to_json called upon it.
>> "Error sending exception data: can''t convert Symbol into
String"
>> When we use the older email based Exception Notifier its resue_action
>> is subverted by Facebooker as well.  If the app is loaded without
>> Facebooker both exception handlers operate as expected.
>>
>> I''d be grateful if anyone has some clues to give me about
where I
>> might a way to get everyone play together nicely.
>>
>> I''ve tried duck punching ActiveSupport::JSON.encode
>> (activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb) to handle
>> exception nicely without success so far.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> --
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>