add global error handler to respond with internal server error.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 658a065..1b2f9f7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
   protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
   before_filter :load_additional_payload_data
+  rescue_from StandardError, with: :return_server_error
+
 
   def load_additional_payload_data
     @license_statuses = LicenseStatus::ALL
     @well_types = WellType::ALL
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def return_server_error
+    render nothing: true, status: :internal_server_error
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
index a26c465..7ccca09 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ describe ApplicationController do
     def index
       render nothing: true
     end
+
+    def show
+      raise "heck"
+    end
   end
 
   it "includes all well statuses with every response" do
@@ -16,4 +20,9 @@ describe ApplicationController do
     get :index
     assigns(:well_types).should =~ WellType::ALL
   end
+
+  it "handles errors gracefully" do
+    get :show, id: 1
+    response.status.should == 500
+  end
 end