Rack::Deflatermaus

A drop-in replacement for Rack::Deflater that plays a selection from the operetta Die Fledermaus on your server before every request.

This may slow down your application significantly.

Rack::Deflatermaus uses the audite gem, which requires portaudio and mpg123. Refer to audite's installation instructions to find out how to install those on your system.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "rack-deflatermaus"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rack-deflatermaus

Rack::Deflatermaus is a drop-in replacement for Rack::Deflater. You can use it anywhere you'd use Rack::Deflater.

In Rails:

# config/application.rb, or
# config/environments/development.rb if you lack conviction

config.middleware.use Rack::Deflatermaus

In any Rack application:

# config.ru
use Rack::Deflatermaus

Restart your application and load a page, any page.

First: you might want to figure out why you're using this with an app that is also tracking how long requests take. I find writing down a pro/con list personally helpful, but you do you.

Done? Great.

It plays five minutes of Die Fledermaus, and you should probably...not use Rack::Timeout with this.

1. Fork it: https://github.com/gabebw/rack-deflatermaus/fork
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Create a new Pull Request