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https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel
Unofficial Sentry.io SDK for Defold.
https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel
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Unofficial Sentry.io SDK for Defold.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel
- Owner: indiesoftby
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-01-15T19:26:17.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-25T15:05:29.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-25T10:04:33.608Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: defold, defold-library, defold-module, game-development, lua, lua-library
- Language: HTML
- Homepage:
- Size: 364 KB
- Stars: 13
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
[](https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel)
# Sentinel: Sentry.io SDK for Defold
*This is an open-source project. It is not affiliated with Sentry.io.*
[Sentry.io](https://sentry.io/) is an error tracking system. It can track errors and performance issues in any language, framework, and library.
This Defold extension, Sentinel, implements **error tracking** for your **Lua code**. Also, it can inject JavaScript SDK to track HTML5 errors if you need that.
Sentry.io is a paid system, but it has a free plan for developers to track up to 5,000 errors per month. To the point, it was enough to track down all Lua errors in [Puffy Cat](https://poki.com/en/g/puffy-cat) during a test period and release a pretty polished game.
## Supported Platforms
| Platform | Status |
| -------- | ------ |
| Lua (all platforms) | Supported ✅ |
| Browser (HTML5) | Loads JavaScript SDK to track non-Lua errors ☑️ |
| iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Switch | Not Implemented ❌ |
## Installation & Usage
You can use Sentinel in your own project by adding this project as a [Defold library dependency](http://www.defold.com/manuals/libraries/).
Open your `game.project` file and in the dependencies field under project add the ZIP file of a [specific release](https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel/releases).
### Init
```lua
local sentry = require("sentinel.sentry")
function init(self)
sentry.init({
-- The DSN tells the SDK where to send the events to.
-- Example of the DSN url: https://[email protected]/5395416
dsn = "YOUR_DSN_URL",
-- Tags and extra data are optional
tags = {
["example_tag"] = "Example Tag Data",
},
extra = {
["example_extra"] = "Example Extra Data",
},
release = sys.get_config("sentinel.sentry_release")
})
end
```
### Breadcrumbs, Capturing Messages
```lua
--- Add breadcrumbs, add tags, extras, and capture messages:
sentry.add_breadcrumb(
{
category = "log",
message = "Test breadcrumb message"
})
sentry.set_tag("my_info", "Amount of gold")
sentry.set_extra("frametime", 100)
sentry.set_extra("cheater", true)
sentry.capture_message(
{
message = "Test message",
level = "info",
-- Sentinel's Sentry client merges globally defined tags/extra with this data,
-- i.e. you can add tags and extras for different kinds of messages and exceptions.
extra = {
example_extra_2 = "Hello!"
}
})
```
### The `game.project` Settings:
```ini
[sentinel]
sentry_dsn_html5 = YOUR_DSN_URL_FROM_SENTRY_IO
sentry_release = project-id@project-version
```
Setting the `sentinel.sentry_dsn_html5` option initializes Sentry JavaScript SDK in the HTML5 template ([take a look at how it's done](https://github.com/indiesoftby/defold-sentinel/blob/main/sentinel/manifests/web/engine_template.html#L3)).
### GameAnalytics Compatibility
Only one [`sys.set_error_handler`](https://defold.com/ref/sys/#sys.set_error_handler:error_handler) callback can be set. To track Lua errors both in GameAnalytics and Sentinel, use the option, i.e. Sentinel will send captured errors to both, Sentry and GameAnalytics:
```lua
sentry.init({
--
-- ... your config ...
--
gameanalytics = true
})
```
Plus, look into the `sentinel/sentry.lua` module to find all available configuration options!
## Credits
Artsiom Trubchyk ([@aglitchman](https://github.com/aglitchman)) is the current Sentinel owner within Indiesoft and is responsible for the open source repository.
This project uses the source code of [rxi's JSON](https://github.com/rxi/json.lua).
Queen's Guard image is by [Chanut is Industries](https://thenounproject.com/chanut-is/).
### License
MIT license.