When setting up cron jobs in C, it is usually crucial to keep track of their execution and whether they have been executed successfully or not. Sometimes, a minor failure in a cronjob can cause your C application to stop working correctly. LogSnag makes it easy to track your cron jobs and their execution status all in real-time, and it works seamlessly with your C code.
Setting up your account
Setting up LogSnag with C is very simple!
- Create a free LogSnag account.
- Create a new project on your dashboard.
- Copy your API token from the settings page.
C code snippets
Once your LogSnag account is set up, you can use the following code snippets to track your cron jobs. Just replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN
with your LogSnag API token and update your project name.
Using C with libcurl
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.logsnag.com/v1/log");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL, "https");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
const char *data = "{\"project\":\"my-saas\",\"channel\":\"cronjobs\",\"event\":\"Cronjob Started\",\"description\":\"job: email-notifications\",\"icon\":\"⏰\",\"notify\":true}";
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
C integration details
LogSnag is an easy-to-use event tracking tool that allows you to track any event within your C application. One of the most common use cases for LogSnag is tracking cron jobs as they are being executed. With LogSnag, you can receive real-time push notifications on your desktop and mobile devices whenever a new cronjob is executed. In addition, you can create simple charts and filter through your data to help you better understand how your C application is performing.
Other use-cases for LogSnag
- Monitor your CI/CD build status for your C application
- Monitor your CPU usage in your C application
- Monitor when database goes down in your C application
- Monitor high disk usage in your C application
- Monitor when a user changes their email address in your C application
- Monitor failed logins in your C application
- Monitor failed payments for your C application
- Monitor memory usage in your C application
- Monitor MySQL downtime in your C application
- Monitor when a new feature is used in your C application
- Monitor your Postgres downtime in your C application
- Monitor Redis downtime in your C application
- Monitor suspicious activity in your C application
- Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your C service
- Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your C application
- Get a notification when your C code is done executing
- Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using C
- Track canceled subscriptions in your C application
- Track when a file is uploaded to your C application
- Track when a form is submitted to your C application
- Track payment events via C
- Track user sign in events in C
- Track user signup events via C
- Track waitlist signup events via C