use task supervisor and wait for task to finish

Author: mitchellhenke

lib/mix/tasks/sentry.send_test_event.ex

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Sentry.SendTestEvent do
     if env_name in included_envs do
       Mix.shell.info "Sending test event!"
       Sentry.capture_exception(RuntimeError.exception("Testing sending Sentry event"))
+      |> Task.await()
     else
       Mix.shell.info "#{inspect env_name} is not in #{inspect included_envs} so no test event will be sent"
     end

lib/sentry.ex

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 defmodule Sentry do
   use Application
-
+  import Supervisor.Spec
   alias Sentry.Event
   require Logger
 
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ defmodule Sentry do
   @use_error_logger Application.get_env(:sentry, :use_error_logger, false)
 
   def start(_type, _opts) do
-    children = []
+    children = [
+      supervisor(Task.Supervisor, [[name: Sentry.TaskSupervisor]]),
+    ]
     opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: Sentry.Supervisor]
 
 

lib/sentry/client.ex

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.Client do
     auth_headers = authorization_headers(public_key, secret_key)
     body = Poison.encode!(event)
 
-    Task.start(fn ->
+    Task.Supervisor.async_nolink(Sentry.TaskSupervisor, fn ->
       try_request(:post, endpoint, auth_headers, body)
     end)
   end