Get push notifications from Swift

As a developer, you know how important it is to catch errors and track events in your application. However, constantly monitoring logs and dashboards can be time-consuming and tedious.

When working on my own projects, I used to log error messages and events to files or send them to myself via email. However, constantly checking log files and managing my inbox became a hassle. That’s why I created LogHive, an event service that allows you to receive push notifications directly to your mobile device whenever an event is triggered.

In this article, I will describe how you can easily integrate LogHive into your Swift project.

How it works in Swift

LogHive provides a simple REST API that you can use to push events and errors to the LogHive service. You can organize your events into projects and groups to keep them organized and easily searchable. Once an event is pushed to LogHive, it is processed and can be viewed in the event stream or dashboard.

With just a few lines of Swift-code, you can start pushing events to LogHive and receiving push notifications for your application’s events and errors.

let url = URL(string: "https://api.loghive.app/v1/event/add")!

var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.addValue("YourPersonalApiKey", forHTTPHeaderField: "ApiKey")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")

let json: [String: Any] = [
    "project": "yourprojectname",
    "group": "yourgroupname",
    "event": "your-event-name",
    "description": "your-description",
    "notify": false
]

let jsonData = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: [])

request.httpBody = jsonData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let error = error {
        print("Error: \(error)")
        return
    }

    guard let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
        (200...299).contains(response.statusCode) else {
            print("Server error")
            return
    }

    if let data = data,
        let jsonString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print("Response: \(jsonString)")
    }
}

task.resume()

If an error occurs while creating an event, you will receive an Error object in return.

{'StatusCode': 400, 'Message': 'missing group name'}

You can receive your API-Key here: API-Key.

Receive Push Notifications

To receive push notifications, you simply need to install the LogHive Android app (Playstore) or use LogHive through the web application and allow notifications.

Add an element to your project dashboard

In addition to push notifications, LogHive allows you to display captured events in a dashboard with various elements. With just a few clicks, you can display the events already pushed in the dashboard.

In conclusion, logging and tracking events is essential for maintaining a healthy and performant application. However, it doesn’t have to be a tedious and overwhelm