TRACK CRON JOBS WITH C LANGUAGE

Track your C cron jobs

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. Palzin Track makes it easy to track your cron jobs and their execution status all in real-time, and it works seamlessly with your C code.

Connect Palzin Track to C

Setting up your account

Setting up Palzin Track with C is very simple!

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

C code snippets

Once your Palzin Track account is set up, you can use the following code snippets to track your cron jobs. Just replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your Palzin Track 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.palzin.live/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-project\",\"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

Palzin Track 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 Palzin Track is tracking cron jobs as they are being executed. With Palzin Track, 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 Palzin Track

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