Published on April 23, 2022

Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using Java

Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using Java

When developing software, there is a need for a way to track important events and be notified when something happens. LogSnag provides an easy way to track important events and be notified in real-time on your Desktop, Phone, and SmartWatch.

Our API makes it very easy for anyone to integrate LogSnag into their Java code. You can simply send an HTTP request to our API with any additional information you like, and we will take care of the rest.

Setting up LogSnag with Java is as easy as using our code snippets with no custom modules required.

Set up your LogSnag account

  1. Head to LogSnag.com and create your free account.
  2. Create a new project from your dashboard.
  3. Copy your API token from the API settings.

Log your events via Java

  1. Copy one of the following code snippets into your text editor
  2. Replace your API token, project name, and channel name.
  3. Run your Java code!

Java snippets for LogSnag

Send notifications using Java and OkHttp
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\"project\":\"my-saas\",\"channel\":\"waitlist\",\"event\":\"Waitlist Member\",\"description\":\"email: john@example.com\",\"icon\":\"🔥\",\"notify\":true}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.logsnag.com/v1/log")
.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
Send notifications using Java and Unirest
Unirest.setTimeouts(0, 0);
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.logsnag.com/v1/log")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
.body("{\"project\":\"my-saas\",\"channel\":\"waitlist\",\"event\":\"Waitlist Member\",\"description\":\"email: john@example.com\",\"icon\":\"🔥\",\"notify\":true}")
.asString();

Conclusion

Once an event is published, you get instant updates in real-time, and you could optionally turn on or off push notifications depending on the priority of your event.

Also, LogSnag makes it very easy to organize your events into different projects and channels depending on their topic and provides you with a global and project-wide feed so you can scroll through your events.

In addition, with our collaborative features, you can add team members to a project so that everyone can receive push notifications and updates, regardless of the desktop or mobile platform they are using.

You can learn more about our API by heading to docs.logsnag.com

Other use-cases for LogSnag

  1. Monitor your CI/CD build status for your Java application
  2. Monitor your CPU usage in your Java application
  3. Monitor when database goes down in your Java application
  4. Monitor high disk usage in your Java application
  5. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your Java application
  6. Monitor failed logins in your Java application
  7. Monitor failed payments for your Java application
  8. Monitor memory usage in your Java application
  9. Monitor MySQL downtime in your Java application
  10. Monitor when a new feature is used in your Java application
  11. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your Java application
  12. Monitor Redis downtime in your Java application
  13. Monitor suspicious activity in your Java application
  14. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your Java service
  15. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your Java application
  16. Get a notification when your Java code is done executing
  17. Track canceled subscriptions in your Java application
  18. Track your Java cron jobs
  19. Track when a file is uploaded to your Java application
  20. Track when a form is submitted to your Java application
  21. Track payment events via Java
  22. Track user sign in events in Java
  23. Track user signup events via Java
  24. Track waitlist signup events via Java
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