Track your cURL cron jobs

When setting up cron jobs in cURL, 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 cURL 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 cURL code.

Setting up your account

Setting up LogSnag with cURL is very simple!

1. Create a free LogSnag account.
2. Create a new project on your dashboard.
3. Copy your API token from the settings page.

cURL 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.

curl --location 'https://api.logsnag.com/v1/log' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
--data '{"project":"my-saas","channel":"cronjobs","event":"Cronjob Started","description":"job: email-notifications","icon":"⏰","notify":true}'

cURL integration details

LogSnag is an easy-to-use event tracking tool that allows you to track any event within your cURL 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 cURL application is performing.

Other use-cases for LogSnag

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