App Watch — Laravel Client

A lightweight, zero-config Composer package that automatically collects telemetry from any Laravel application and sends it to your self-hosted Appswatch monitoring server.

What It Captures

Installation

composer require baklysystems/app-watch-laravel-client

Laravel auto-discovery registers the service provider and facade automatically. No manual configuration needed.

Configuration

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=appswatch-config

Set these environment variables in your .env:

APPSWATCH_SERVER_URL=https://your-appswatch-instance.com
APPSWATCH_API_KEY=your-project-api-key
APPSWATCH_ENABLED=true
APPSWATCH_ENVIRONMENT=production
APPSWATCH_RELEASE=v1.2.3

Usage

Automatic: Everything is captured automatically once the package is installed and configured.

Manual / programmatic (uses the Facade):

use Appswatch;

// Log a custom event
Appswatch::log('info', 'User signed up', ['user_id' => 42]);

// Capture an exception manually
try {
    riskyOperation();
} catch (\Throwable $e) {
    Appswatch::exception($e, ['user_id' => $userId]);
}

// Send a custom metric
Appswatch::metric('users.signed_up', 1, 'count', ['plan' => 'pro']);

Custom Job Middleware

Wrap any queued job to capture timing and failures:

use BaklySystems\AppWatch\Middleware\AppswatchJobMiddleware;

class MyJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    public function middleware(): array
    {
        return [new AppswatchJobMiddleware];
    }
}

Custom Metrics from Your Code

use BaklySystems\AppWatch\Collectors\MetricCollector;

MetricCollector::counter('orders.placed', 1, 'count', ['channel' => 'web']);
MetricCollector::gauge('users.active', 150, 'count', ['plan' => 'pro']);
MetricCollector::histogram('api.response_time_ms', 42.5, 'ms', ['endpoint' => '/api/users']);

Architecture

Your Laravel App
     │
     ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Appswatch Package (this)                    │
│                                              │
│  ExceptionCollector ───┐                    │
│  LogCollector ──────────┤                    │
│  QueryCollector ────────┤    ┌────────────┐ │
│  QueueCollector ────────┼───▶│HttpTransport│─┼──▶ Your Appswatch Server
│  ScheduleCollector ─────┤    └────────────┘ │     /api/ingest/*
│  RequestMiddleware ─────┤         │          │
│  MetricCollector ───────┘    (buffered)     │
│  MySqlHealthCollector        retry on fail  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.x or 12.x
• Guzzle 7
• Monolog 3

License

MIT. See LICENSE.