This is a message queue consumer that triggers email alerts when documents are published with a major change.
You can use the GOV.UK Docker environment to run the application and its tests with all the necessary dependencies. Follow the usage instructions to get started.
Use GOV.UK Docker to run any commands that follow.
The email-alert-service uses the govuk_message_queue_consumer
to connect to a message queue on the published_documents exchange.
There is a rake task to create the queue for this exchange:
bundle exec rake message_queues:create_queues
There is a rake task to start a processor to consume from the queue:
bundle exec rake message_queues:major_change_consumer
bundle exec rake