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## Resource: View Logs with an External Logging Tool

## Article: View Logs with an External Logging Tool

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-an-external-logging-tool.md

## Article Content:

# View Logs with an External Logging Tool

You can view [logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/about-wix-logs.md) using an external monitoring tool of your choice.

This is the general lifecycle of logs when connected to an external monitoring tool:

![Wix logs lifecycle](https://wixmp-833713b177cebf373f611808.wixmp.com/images/4a18ceeca6c2222c717dd27a7a3daa90.png)

1.  A site generates implicit and explicit logs in JSON format and sends them to the endpoint provided.
2.  The endpoint converts the JSON objects into a format that the external monitoring tool can parse.
3.  The converted JSON objects are sent to the monitoring tool for analysis.

## Step 1: Create an endpoint

You can create an endpoint by implementing your own or by using 1 provided by an external monitoring tool.

<blockquote class="important">

**Important:**

- A site sends logs in the form of JSON objects. Make sure to configure the endpoint to handle JSON objects so that the external monitoring tool can parse them correctly.
- The endpoint must be configured to accept the POST request method.

</blockquote>

### Use an endpoint by an existing monitoring service

You can use an endpoint provided by an existing monitoring service, such as [logz.io](https://logz.io/) or [Loggly](https://www.loggly.com/).

Refer to the service's documentation to learn how to create an endpoint.

### Implement your own endpoint

Alternatively, you can implement your own endpoint and integrate it with a monitoring tool of your choice.

> **Note**: You can create an endpoint for logs on a Wix site using [HTTP functions](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/backend-modules/http-functions/introduction.md), but you can't do so on the same site whose logs you want to view.

The endpoint must include code to convert [log objects](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/log-object-structure.md) into a format that can be parsed by the external monitoring tool.

For your convenience, Wix offers an open-source example using [Solarwinds Loggly on Google App Engine](https://github.com/wix/corvid-loggly-telemetry-adapter). The code is specific to this tool, but you can adapt it for the monitoring tool of your choice.

## Step 2: Set your endpoint

Once you have an endpoint, set it in the site dashboard:

1. In the site dashboard, click **Developer Tools** > **Logging Tools**.
2. In the **Connect an external logging tool** section, click **Next**. The Connect external logging tool page appears.

   ![External monitoring tools interface](https://wixmp-833713b177cebf373f611808.wixmp.com/images/0ecc5633fe0e522fca891132efce86a0.png)

3. In the **Enter your endpoint URL** field, enter the endpoint URL and click **Connect**.

The site is now connected to the external monitoring tool.

## See also

- [About Wix Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/about-wix-logs.md)
- [View logs with Wix Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-wix-logs.md)
- [View logs with Google Cloud Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-google-cloud-logs.md)
- [Tutorial | Generate logs to debug a site](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/get-started/tutorials/monitoring/tutorial-generate-logs-to-debug-a-site.md)
- [Log object structure](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/log-object-structure.md)