# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Simple (Sys) LOG - Use this app for Simple (Sys) Logging

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, tools, homey-pro, logging, syslog\
**Created:** [March 11, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533 "2023-03-11T20:40:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/285 "2023-07-03T18:05:07Z")

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Yeah, you’re right, I wanted to share that possibility with you but forgot.

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**Author:** ![wrutjes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wrutjes/32/169342_2.png) [@wrutjes](https://community.homey.app/u/wrutjes)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/286 "2023-07-05T09:23:35Z")

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Receive the whole log file suddenly gives empty files.

It worked fine, but since the 19th of june I have not been able to extract the logfile via the method Receive the whole log as Excel (base64)  
 ![Simplelog01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/f/7fb6679606d8c636f6ba85bd0f22141325837028.jpeg)

The file is always empty now.

Export via the configuration of Simple (sys) Log goes fine, but I want to have it automated and I want to do some maintenance on the logfiles.

When I try to get the logfile with CSV I see that there is data in memory.  
 ![Simplelog02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/6/96e5cc400ebdd40370a34658221b8f02ae580674.jpeg)

The directory media/Homey is on a synology and nothing changed there.

I have Simple (sys) Log and BLL updated via autoupdate but near the 19th of june I haven’t seen an update that could explain a change.

I have read through this group and I closest I get are reports in March from @Peter_Kawa but I never see a solution.  
Does anyone have suggestions to solve this?

Thanks in advance.  
Wilfried

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**Author:** ![wrutjes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wrutjes/32/169342_2.png) [@wrutjes](https://community.homey.app/u/wrutjes)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/288 "2023-07-05T12:40:10Z")

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I have been testing a lot today and ftp to the synology and to a webserver on the internet both give an empty file.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/289 "2023-07-05T13:15:29Z")

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Hi Wilfried,

True, I can’t get it to work up till now, but the issue status is ‘resolved’…  
I updated the issue with new tests several days ago, and marked it as ‘open’, but it stays ‘resolved’, so I guess Arie wasn’t notified. 😊 (no offence Arie, I just forgot to pay attention, did not notice the issue status stayed on ‘resolved’)

I send the output to my email for example, to filter out any FTP issues

> **[Log export with the "get the (whole) log" flowcard fails](https://bitbucket.org/QlusterIT/nl.qluster-it.simplelog/issues/11/log-export-with-the-get-the-whole-log)**
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> Hey Arie, I didn’t yet create an issue I think for this, so I did it...

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**Author:** ![wrutjes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wrutjes/32/169342_2.png) [@wrutjes](https://community.homey.app/u/wrutjes)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/290 "2023-07-05T13:32:50Z")

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Ok I created an issue as well.

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**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/291 "2023-07-06T16:25:44Z")

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I have updated the packages, perhaps something went wrong. Ill take a look at it when i can, but i am afraid that will be late next week.

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**Author:** ![wrutjes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wrutjes/32/169342_2.png) [@wrutjes](https://community.homey.app/u/wrutjes)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/292 "2023-07-06T16:40:21Z")

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Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Raytestrak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/raytestrak/32/3299_2.png) [@Raytestrak](https://community.homey.app/u/Raytestrak)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/293 "2023-07-12T09:36:38Z")

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Hi. Today, I got the notification that I needed to install BLL in order to use this app? Is this really necessary? I have a 1st gen Homey and BLL takes up 25MB of memory, which I’m all out of even without BLL.

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**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/294 "2023-07-12T09:58:29Z")

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No, you don’t need to install BLL, it’s optional.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/295 "2023-07-12T10:30:12Z")

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Hi Arie,

A thought: when the hint Raytestrak referred to, is the same as this one:

 ![Screenshot_20230712-122621_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/e/de4519b0d9c79c5aa7ae1c11d703854bcce0b6b3.jpeg)

it looks to me as non-optional?

Maybe you can use “When you’d like full options, install the optional BLL app …”

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/296 "2023-07-16T12:37:37Z")

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Slightly off-topic and I apologise but this might be useful to others who love Simple Log and logging.

> [@ChrisG](#):
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> I am a log-maniac !🤪!
> 
> I log already today everything possible (and impossible).

Hey @ChrisG

I have an app which you may like, it tracks all device, variable and zone changes and outputs tags. Which I then use with the Simple LOG app to log … everything.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/3/c331df27cad2b2d2427e922c6968dd550c68097c.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/7/271443fefb1ca95da23d41d9c40cccf2a2dcc0a8.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/e/5eca579af66552a97ff690cb6495e6f74661cebd.png)

* * *

You can then use just three flows to log … everything.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/9/19ca6dbb6cb8a0fb426a153ae64942fa68d107a2.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/1/416d7e4207fc8c62fce27a84cf1070715e192ad5.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/e/1e600cf2c526d8cf8120dce8b8b41532dfce5a75.png)

Let me know if your interested.

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**Author:** ![ChrisG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chrisg/32/8825_2.png) [@ChrisG](https://community.homey.app/u/ChrisG)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/297 "2023-07-16T13:50:12Z")

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Great idea…

I have for weeks, also another “big thing” in the pipeline, but unfortunately still waiting for adjustments that @Arie_J_Godschalk has to make in the simpleLog app…

BDW:

For the flow logs, I wrote a generic flow api based on the “Advanced Triggers App”.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/f/ff24a784301ec03f8643b1462fba30f42f471e92.png)

Chris

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**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/298 "2023-07-16T14:07:22Z")

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> [@ChrisG](#):
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> but unfortunately still waiting for adjustments that @Arie_J_Godschalk has to make in the simpleLog app

Sorry m8, having a busy and hard time atm.  
I’ll try to fix it asap, but this week it’s holidays with my kids.

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**Author:** ![ChrisG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chrisg/32/8825_2.png) [@ChrisG](https://community.homey.app/u/ChrisG)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/299 "2023-07-16T14:26:36Z")

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Enjoy your vacations !☀🕶🩳!

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**Author:** ![t\_F](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/t_f/32/12457_2.png) [@t\_F](https://community.homey.app/u/t_F)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/300 "2023-07-19T09:20:19Z")

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Now you’re really making me curious. What kind of mysterious application is that you’re referring to?

I am still assembling a good logging and insights managing system myself but haven’t found the best solution yet. This app might come in handy.

With other words, I am interested. 🙃

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**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/301 "2023-07-25T19:59:54Z")

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I’m trying to read log data from the api and obviously get a JSON array.

Is there some easy html code out there to convert the [http://192.168.1.223/api/app/nl.nielsdeklerk.log/](http://192.168.1.223/api/app/nl.nielsdeklerk.log/)

into some that resembles a readable table?

Looked around but gave up after a couple of hours.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/302 "2023-07-25T20:06:10Z")

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Is this of any use?

> [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Simple (Sys) LOG - Use this app for Simple (Sys) Logging](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/21#log-can-now-also-be-retrieved-in-flows-as-csv-base64-json-base64-and-excel-base64-1):
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> Log can now also be retrieved in flows as CSV (base64), JSON (base64) and Excel (base64) (in test) [image]

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**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/303 "2023-07-25T20:07:29Z")

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Not really.  
I just want to read syslog data from the api on the fly.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/304 "2023-07-25T20:34:42Z")

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It’s not a real table, but a readable start 🙃

```auto
// define url
const url = "http://192.168.1.223/api/app/nl.nielsdeklerk.log/";
// get data
let data = await fetch(url);
// make it json
data = await data.json();
// display data
console.log(data);

```

 ![Screenshot from 2023-07-25 22-37-06](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/f/ffa4d111727ff55faf5723cdfd422c649b855b6f.png)

[Found the code](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/16) by searching here for ‘fetch url’

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**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/305 "2023-07-26T12:29:29Z")

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I’m sure this is off topic but trying to remove the top-level “logs:” from the JSON string, so that only data remains.  
This way I could iterate over the data entries to produce a neat html presentation.

Tried shift, splice, map etc without success.

Any ideas?

EDIT: this seems to work:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/8/e8f246e32c6a3e7cabd7024a15ca37fe93b6274e.png)

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