CrashpadClient *initializeCrashpad(char *dbName, char *appName, char *appVersion)
// Get directory where the crashpad_handler.exe file lives, sample implementation of this method is provided in the myCrashpadCrasher sample
std::wstring handlerPath = GetCrashpadHandlerPath();
if (INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES == GetFileAttributesW(handlerPath.c_str()))
// Ensure that handler is shipped with your application
base::FilePath handler(handlerPath);
// Directory where reports will be saved. Important! Must be writable or crashpad_handler will crash.
base::FilePath reportsDir(L"./crashpad");
// Directory where metrics will be saved. Important! Must be writable or crashpad_handler will crash.
base::FilePath metricsDir(L"./crashpad");
// Configure url with your BugSplat database
url += ".bugsplat.com/post/bp/crash/crashpad.php";
// Metadata that will be posted to BugSplat
std::map<std::string, std::string> annotations;
annotations["format"] = "minidump"; // Required: Crashpad setting to save crash as a minidump
annotations["database"].assign(dbName); // Required: BugSplat database
annotations["product"].assign(appName); // Required: BugSplat application name
annotations["version"].assign(appVersion); // Required: BugSplat version number
annotations["key"] = "Sample key"; // Optional: BugSplat key field
annotations["list_annotations"] = "Sample comment"; // Optional: BugSplat crash description
// Disable crashpad rate limiting so that all crashes have dmp files
std::vector<std::string> arguments;
arguments.push_back("--no-rate-limit");
// Initialize crashpad database
std::unique_ptr<CrashReportDatabase> database = crashpad::CrashReportDatabase::Initialize(reportsDir);
if (database == NULL) return false;
// Enable automated crash uploads
Settings *settings = database->GetSettings();
if (settings == NULL) return false;
settings->SetUploadsEnabled(true);
// Files to upload with the crash report - default bundle size limit is 20MB
std::vector<base::FilePath> attachments;
base::FilePath attachment(L"./attachment.txt");
attachments.push_back(attachment);
CrashpadClient *client = new CrashpadClient();
bool status = client->StartHandler(handler, reportsDir, metricsDir, url, annotations, arguments, true, true, attachments);
if (status == false) return NULL;
// Wait for handler to initialize
status = client->WaitForHandlerStart(INFINITE);
if (status == false) return NULL;