24, Jul 2023

TRACK CRON JOBS WITH OBJECTIVE C LANGUAGE

Palzin Track Objective c Use Cases

Track your Objective-C cron jobs

When setting up cron jobs in Objective-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 Objective-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 Objective-c code.

Connect Palzin Track to Objective-C


Setting up your account

Setting up Palzin Track with Objective-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.

Objective-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 Objective-C with NSURLSession


\#import   


dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);  


NSMutableURLRequest \*request = \[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:\[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://api.palzin.live/v1/log"\]  


 cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy  


 timeoutInterval:10.0\];  


NSDictionary \*headers = @{  


 @"Content-Type": @"application/json",  


 @"Authorization": @"Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"  


};  


\[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers\];  


NSData \*postData = \[\[NSData alloc\] initWithData:\[@"{\"project\":\"my-project\",\"channel\":\"cronjobs\",\"event\":\"Cronjob Started\",\"description\":\"job: email-notifications\",\"icon\":\"⏰\",\"notify\":true}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding\]\];  


\[request setHTTPBody:postData\];  


\[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"\];  


NSURLSession \*session = \[NSURLSession sharedSession\];  


NSURLSessionDataTask \*dataTask = \[session dataTaskWithRequest:request  


completionHandler:^(NSData \*data, NSURLResponse \*response, NSError \*error) {  


 if (error) {  


 NSLog(@"%@", error);  


 dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);  


 } else {  


 NSHTTPURLResponse \*httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse \*) response;  


 NSError \*parseError = nil;  


 NSDictionary \*responseDictionary = \[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&parseError\];  


 NSLog(@"%@",responseDictionary);  


 dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);  


 }  


}\];  


\[dataTask resume\];  


dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

Objective-C integration details

Palzin Track is an easy-to-use event tracking tool that allows you to track any event within your Objective-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 Objective-C application is performing.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

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

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