21, Jun 2023

MONITOR DB OUTAGES WITH DART LANGUAGE

Palzin Track Dart Use Cases

Monitor when database goes down in your Dart application

In the context of Dart applications, data persistence is a fundamental requirement. While simple data storage options like JSON, CSV, or plain text files suffice in some scenarios, more complex applications often demand a robust solution capable of managing vast datasets, handling numerous requests, and executing intricate queries.

This is where databases come into play, offering a structured approach to data storage and retrieval. Databases empower applications to perform complex queries and scale efficiently. However, delving into databases can be a challenging endeavor, involving intricate setup and maintenance.

One prevalent challenge associated with databases is the possibility of downtime, which can result from various factors. When a database becomes unavailable, it adversely impacts the functionality of your Dart application, hindering data retrieval and storage.

To mitigate such issues, it is crucial to establish a monitoring system for your database's activity. Proactive monitoring ensures that anomalies are promptly detected and brings them to your attention, allowing for immediate action to rectify problems before they escalate.

Fortunately, Palzin Track is an ideal solution for addressing this concern, simplifying the process of tracking events within your Dart application and monitoring database outages. With Palzin Track, real-time monitoring of database outages is made effortless, and it provides the capability to notify both you and your entire team whenever issues arise.

Connect Palzin Track to Dart


Setting up Palzin Track

  1. Sign up for a free Palzin Track account.
  2. Create your first project from the dashboard.
  3. Head to settings and copy your API token.

Dart code snippets

Use the following code snippet to track your database outages with Palzin Track. Please don't forget to replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your API token and update the project and channel names.

Using Dart with http


var headers = {  


 'Content-Type': 'application/json',  


 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'  


};  


var request = http.Request('POST', Uri.parse('https://api.palzin.live/v1/log'));  


request.body = json.encode({  


 "project": "my-project",  


 "channel": "status",  


 "event": "Database is Down",  


 "description": "PostgresSQL is down in Oregon",  


 "icon": "🚨",  


 "notify": true  


});  


request.headers.addAll(headers);  


http.StreamedResponse response = await request.send();  


if (response.statusCode == 200) {  


 print(await response.stream.bytesToString());  


}  


else {  


 print(response.reasonPhrase);  


}

Dart integration details

Palzin Track is a powerful real-time event tracking tool that works seamlessly with Dart applications. It provides a number of features such as real-time event tracking, cross-platform push notifications, event filtering, user and product journeys, charts and analytics, and much more.

By being a use-case agnostic event tracking tool, Palzin Track allows you to track any event in your Dart applications in any way you want. You can track your database outages, system status, and even user activity in real-time.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

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

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