README

What is NightWatch?

NightWatch is a package that watches URL's while you are away or sleeping. NightWatch uses a remote Node server to check the status of remote URL's. For example, NightWatch can heck for 404 URLs, or if a Google Tag Manager has been installed correctly.

What is included in this package?

This package has its own factories, migrations, models, and scheduling to make tracking status of remote URL's and services easy and configurable.

Installation

composer require actengage/night-watch

php artisan vendor:publish

Configure the ENV

This is a private application currently, and thus the API endpoint is not included. Include the endpoint in your ENV file.

NIGHTWATCH_ENDPOINT_URI='https://the.night.watch.url.goes.here'

Kernel Scheduling

NightWatch makes it easy to schedule the commands. Once you have ran the migrations, add the following 1-liner to app/Console/Kernel.php.

<?php

namespace App\Console;

use Actengage\NightWatch\Watcher;
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;

class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
    /**
     * Define the application's command schedule.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule  $schedule
     * @return void
     */
    protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
    {
        Watcher::schedule($schedule);
    }
}

Basic Example

Manually start a watcher to check Google's homepage every hour.

use \Actengage\NightWatch\Watcher;

Watcher::create([
    'url' => 'https://google.com',
    'schedule' => ['hourly']
]);

Using the Watchable Trait

You can easily relate Watchers to your models.

use Actengage\NightWatch\Watchable;
use Actengage\NightWatch\Watcher;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Url extends Model {
    use Watchable;
    
    protected $fillable = ['url'];

    public static function boot()
    {
        parent::boot();

        static::created(function($model) {
            $watcher = Watcher::create([
                'url' => $model->url
            ]);

            // This is a many to many relationship provided by the trait.
            $model->watchers()->attach($watcher);
        });
    }
}