Logging Vonage API Dat to Datadog in a Ruby on Rails Application

Pre-requisites

To run this demo application, you will need the following:

• Ruby installed
• A Vonage Developer account
• A Datadog Account, with:
  • The appropriate Datadog Agent installed on your system
  • The Datadog Ruby Integration installed and configured
• Ngrok, or similar tunnelling software, installed

Running the Demo

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/Vonage-Community/demo-messages-rails-datadog.git
2. cd into the repo directory and run bundle install
3. Copy or rename .env.dist to .env
4. In the Vonage Dashboard, create a new application and enable it for the Messages API:
   • Set the the Application ID from that Vonage Application as VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID in the .env file
   • Download the Private Key to the root of the Rails application
5. In the repo directory, run rails s
6. In a separate Terminal tab, run ngrok http 3000:
   • Copy the URI generated by Ngrok
   • In the Vonage Application you created, set the Messages Status URL as that URI plus /status, and save the updated settings.
7. Navigate to localhost:3000 and make some Messages requests be submitting the form. You should see the logs in your Datadog Ruby integration logs.