Merge pull request #37 from edx/sstudent/TNL-4368

Adding call to Dead Man's Snitch

notifier/settings.py

@@ -202,3 +202,5 @@ LOCALE_PATHS = (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'locale
 
 # Parameterize digest logo image url
 LOGO_IMAGE_URL = os.getenv('LOGO_IMAGE_URL', "{}/static/images/edx-theme/edx-header-logo.png".format(LMS_URL_BASE))
+
+DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL = os.getenv('DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL', '')
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notifier/tasks.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Celery tasks for generating and sending digest emails.
 from contextlib import closing
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import logging
+import requests
 
 from boto.ses.exceptions import SESMaxSendingRateExceededError
 import celery
@@ -48,9 +49,10 @@ def generate_and_send_digests(users, from_dt, to_dt):
                 )
                 msg.attach_alternative(html, "text/html")
                 msgs.append(msg)
-            if not msgs:
-                return
-            cx.send_messages(msgs)
+            if msgs:
+                cx.send_messages(msgs)
+            if settings.DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL:
+                requests.post(settings.DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL)
     except (CommentsServiceException, SESMaxSendingRateExceededError) as e:
         # only retry if no messages were successfully sent yet.
         if not any((getattr(msg, 'extra_headers', {}).get('status') == 200 for msg in msgs)):
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ def generate_and_send_digests(users, from_dt, to_dt):
             # raise right away, since we don't support partial retry
             raise
 
+
 def _time_slice(minutes, now=None):
     """
     Returns the most recently-elapsed time slice of the specified length (in