Slack Error logger for laravel 5.3 to 5.5

Simple slack error logger package for lower laravel packages

Note versions of laravel higher thatn 5.5 already have this functionality inbuilt within them; so use this package when looking for a quick patch for this functionality.Otherwise update your laravel version.

Also it would be a good idea to switch your queue driver from QUEUE_DRIVER=sync to QUEUE_DRIVER=redis when in a production environment (this package relies on laravel jobs)

1. Install composer require nevar/laravel-slack-error-logger "@dev",

2. Service Provider depending on your version of laravel copy and the following code to config/app.php,

return [
    /*
    * Application Service Providers...
    */
    Raven\Slack\Providers\SlackServiceProvider::class,
];

then run php artisan config:cache.

3. Configurations run php artisan vendor:publish --tag=raven-slack-error-logger to publish the configuration file config\slack.php which should look like this.

return [
    /**
     * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * slack base uri
     * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    'base_uri' => 'https://hooks.slack.com',

    /**
     * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Enable\disable the error logger default is *true*
     * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    'enable_error_logging' => env('SLACK_ENABLE_ERROR_LOGGING',true),

    /**
     *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Your slack channel web hook visit https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks for more
     * information on how to acquire one
     *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    'error_web_hook' => env('SLACK_ERROR_WEBHOOK','/services/ABCD/EFGH/ijklmnopqrst')
];

then override with your own settings by adding SLACK_ENABLE_ERROR_LOGGING and SLACK_ERROR_WEBHOOK

4. Alias add the following alias to to config/app.php

return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Class Aliases
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This array of class aliases will be registered when this application
    | is started. However, feel free to register as many as you wish as
    | the aliases are "lazy" loaded so they don't hinder performance.
    |
     */
    'Slack'        => Raven\Slack\Facades\Slack::class,
];

then run php artisan config:cache again.

5. Implementation add the following line of code to your exception hander within app\Exceptions\Handler.php

    /**
     * Report or log an exception.
     *
     * This is a great spot to send exceptions to Sentry, Bugsnag, etc.
     *
     * @param  \Exception  $exception
     * @return void
     */
    public function report(Exception $exception)
    {
        \Slack::log_error($exception);
        parent::report($exception);
    }