Track user signup events via OCaml

When we are building a website or application with OCaml, we often require our users to sign up for an account before they can access or use our service. This is a common requirement for many services as it allows us to track usage more efficiently, monitor growth, and avoid abuse.

Unfortunately, this process has certain downsides, such as introducing additional friction to our service and making the users go through extra steps before accessing our service.

Thus, tracking user activity when visiting our service and tracking how many go through the signup process and drop off before they use our service is essential. By monitoring the signup process, we can better understand how our visitors interact with our OCaml service and find and fix any issues they may encounter.

LogSnag makes it easy to track events such as user registration directly within your OCaml code. As a result, it helps you better understand how your users interact with your product and how your product is performing.

Setting up your account

Setting up LogSnag with OCaml 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.

OCaml code snippets

Once your LogSnag account is set up, you can use the following code snippets to track user signup events. Just replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your LogSnag API token and update your project name.

open Lwt
open Cohttp
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let postData = ref "{\"project\":\"my-saas\",\"channel\":\"auth\",\"event\":\"User Registered\",\"description\":\"email: john@doe.com\",\"icon\":\"🔥\",\"notify\":true}";;

let reqBody = 
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://api.logsnag.com/v1/log" in
  let headers = Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Header.add h "Content-Type" "application/json"
    |> fun h -> Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
  in
  let body = Cohttp_lwt.Body.of_string !postData in

  Client.call ~headers ~body `POST uri >>= fun (_resp, body) ->
  body |> Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string >|= fun body -> body

let () =
  let respBody = Lwt_main.run reqBody in
  print_endline (respBody)

OCaml integration details

LogSnag is a simple event tracking tool that works seamlessly with your OCaml code. With it, you can track any event within your OCaml application. It also allows you to create simple charts and track user journeys to help you better understand your product. LogSnag also enables you to receive real-time push notifications on your desktop and mobile devices whenever a new user creates an account on your website or application.

Other use-cases for LogSnag

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