Re #21709 Added starttime tracking

Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/CrashService.h

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace Kernel {
 class MANTID_KERNEL_DLL CrashServiceImpl {  
     public:
     CrashServiceImpl(std::string application);
+    CrashServiceImpl(std::string application, std::string startTime);
     void sendCrashReport();
 
     protected:
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class MANTID_KERNEL_DLL CrashServiceImpl {
     private:
     int sendCrashAsyncImpl(const std::string &message);
     const std::string m_application;
+    const std::string m_startTime;
     /// Async method for sending startup notifications
     Poco::ActiveMethod<int, std::string, CrashServiceImpl> m_crashActiveMethod;
 };

Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/UsageService.h

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public:
   /// flushes any buffers and sends any outstanding usage reports
   void flush();
   void shutdown();
+  /// gets the uptime of this mantid instance
+  std::string getStartTime();
 
 protected:
   /// Constructor
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ private:
   bool m_isEnabled;
   mutable std::mutex m_mutex;
   std::string m_application;
+  std::string m_startTime;
 
   /// Async method for sending startup notifications
   Poco::ActiveMethod<int, std::string, UsageServiceImpl> m_startupActiveMethod;

Framework/Kernel/src/CrashService.cpp

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ const std::string CRASH_URL("http://crashreports.mantidproject.org/api/crash");
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constructor for CrashServiceImpl
 CrashServiceImpl::CrashServiceImpl(std::string application)
-    : m_application(application), m_crashActiveMethod(this, &CrashServiceImpl::sendCrashAsyncImpl) {
-  
-}
+    : m_application(application), m_startTime(""), m_crashActiveMethod(this, &CrashServiceImpl::sendCrashAsyncImpl) {}
+
+CrashServiceImpl::CrashServiceImpl(std::string application, std::string startTime)
+    : m_application(application), m_startTime(startTime), m_crashActiveMethod(this, &CrashServiceImpl::sendCrashAsyncImpl) {}
 
 void CrashServiceImpl::sendCrashReport() {
   try {
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ std::string CrashServiceImpl::generateCrashMessage() {
   message["dateTime"] =
       Types::Core::DateAndTime::getCurrentTime().toISO8601String();
 
+  message["startTime"] = m_startTime;
+
   message["application"] = m_application;
 
   message["facility"] = ConfigService::Instance().getFacility().name();

Framework/Kernel/src/UsageService.cpp

@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ void UsageServiceImpl::flush() {
   }
 }
 
+std::string UsageServiceImpl::getStartTime() {
+  return m_startTime;
+}
+
 void UsageServiceImpl::shutdown() {
   try {
     // stop the timer
@@ -145,8 +149,8 @@ void UsageServiceImpl::shutdown() {
 
 void UsageServiceImpl::sendStartupReport() {
   try {
+    m_startTime = Types::Core::DateAndTime::getCurrentTime().toISO8601String();
     std::string message = this->generateStartupMessage();
-
     // send the report
     Poco::ActiveResult<int> result = m_startupActiveMethod(message);
   } catch (std::exception &ex) {
@@ -227,8 +231,7 @@ std::string UsageServiceImpl::generateStartupMessage() {
   message["mantidSha1"] = MantidVersion::revisionFull();
 
   // mantid version and sha1
-  message["dateTime"] =
-      Types::Core::DateAndTime::getCurrentTime().toISO8601String();
+  message["dateTime"] = m_startTime;
 
   message["application"] = m_application;
 

MantidPlot/src/Mantid/MantidApplication.cpp

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 #include "MantidApplication.h"
 #include "MantidQtWidgets/Common/MantidDialog.h"
 
+#include "MantidKernel/ConfigService.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/CrashService.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/UsageService.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/CrashService.h"
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QPushButton>
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ bool MantidApplication::notify(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event) {
     int reportingEnabled = 0;
     int retVal = Mantid::Kernel::ConfigService::Instance().getValue("usagereports.enabled", reportingEnabled);
     if (reportingEnabled && retVal == 1){
-      Mantid::Kernel::CrashServiceImpl crashService("mantidplot");
+      Mantid::Kernel::CrashServiceImpl crashService("mantidplot", Mantid::Kernel::UsageService::Instance().getStartTime());
       crashService.sendCrashReport();
     }