exceptional_resque.rb

require "resque"
require "resque/failure/multiple"
require "resque/failure/redis"
require 'exceptional'

# Configure Resque connection from config/resque.yml.  This file should look
# something like:
#   development: localhost:6379
#   test: localhost:6379:15
#   production: localhost:6379
# 
# For use in Rails:
# Create a file called lib/exceptional_resque.rb with all this code in it and require it from
# your RAILS_ROOT/environment.rb. 
#
# Published under MIT License (c) Ijonas Kisselbach.
# Use at your own risk.

Resque.redis = YAML.load_file(Rails.root + 'config/resque.yml')[Rails.env]

Exceptional::Config.load(Rails.root + "config/exceptional.yml")

module Resque
  module Failure
    
    # Logs failure messages.
    class ExceptionalNotifier < Base
      def save
        
        # the Exceptional magic happens in these two lines.
        Exceptional::context({:worker => worker, :payload => payload})
        Exceptional::Catcher.handle(exception, queue)
        
      rescue
        puts $!
      end
    end
    
  end
end

Resque::Failure::Multiple.configure do |multi|
  # Always stores failure in Redis and writes to log
  multi.classes = Resque::Failure::Redis, Resque::Failure::ExceptionalNotifier
end