Splunk MINT SDK for iOS (Legacy)

Splunk MINT SDK for iOS Developer Guide

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Swift code example

This code example shows how to use the Splunk MINT SDK for iOS API with Swift.

import UIKit
//Importing the Splunk MINT SDK
import SplunkMint


class ViewController: UIViewController {

    
    func mintConfiguration() {
        
        //To preserve resources, the MINT SDK can be configured to send data only over a WIFI connection
        Mint.sharedInstance().enableFlushOnlyOverWiFi(true)
        
        //To protect privacy, the MINT SDK can be disabled so that no mobile telemetry is reported
        Mint.sharedInstance().enableUserOptOut(true)
        
        
        //The MINT SDK will start a new session if the application has not been in the foreground for
        //the duration of the session interval
        //Default session interval is 60 seconds
        Mint.sharedInstance().setSessionInterval(60)
        
        //In order to send NSLOG in crash reports, enableLogging must be set to true
        Mint.sharedInstance().enableLogging(true)
        
        //Set the number of NSLOG messages to send in the crash report
        Mint.sharedInstance().setLogging(20)
        
        //Set some form of userIdentifier for this session
        Mint.sharedInstance().userIdentifier = "splunk"
        
        //Set the applicationEnvironment, the available options are
        /*
        SPLAppEnvRelease
        SPLAppEnvStaging
        SPLAppEnvUserAcceptanceTesting
        SPLAppEnvTesting
        SPLAppEnvDevelopment
        */
        Mint.sharedInstance().applicationEnvironment = SPLAppEnvDevelopment
        
        //Disable crash reports
        Mint.sharedInstance().disableCrashReporter()
        
        //Disable network monitoring
        Mint.sharedInstance().disableNetworkMonitoring()
        
        //Selectively disable network monitoring on blacklisted url's
        Mint.sharedInstance().addURLToBlackList("https://google.com")
        
        //Breadcrumbs are only sent out in crash reports
        //Leave breadcrumbs throughout the source code to better debug the execution path
        Mint.sharedInstance().leaveBreadcrumb("Code inside mintConfiguration is executing")
        
        //Clear all breadcrumbs that have been added
        Mint.sharedInstance().clearBreadcrumbs()
        
        //Instantiating a MintLimitedExtraData object
        let myExtraData = MintLimitedExtraData()
        
        //Populating a MintLimitedExtraData object with key and value
        myExtraData.setValue("Value0", forKey: "Key0")
        
        
        //Adding local MintLimitedExtraData to global extra Data
        //Global value's will be overwritten if there is a key clash
        //Global extra data is sent out with each data point
        Mint.sharedInstance().addExtraData(myExtraData)
        
        //Add key and value to global extra data
        Mint.sharedInstance().addExtraData("Value1", forKey: "Key1")
        
        //Removing key and value from global extra data
        Mint.sharedInstance().removeExtraDataForKey("Key1")
        
        //Return hashmap of global extra data key and values
        Mint.sharedInstance().extraData()
        
        //Return value in the global extra data for the key passed in if it is present
        Mint.sharedInstance().extraDataForKey("Key0")
        
        //Clears global extra data
        Mint.sharedInstance().removeAllExtraData()
        
    }
    
    func mintInitialize() {
        
        //Initialize the SDK to use the MINT Backend to transport data
        //Will start a new session if one is not active
        Mint.sharedInstance().initAndStartSessionWithAPIKey("API_KEY")
        
        //Initialize the SDK to directly send data to a Splunk instance using
        //HTTP Event Collector
        //Will start a new session if one is not active
        Mint.sharedInstance().initAndStartSessionWithHECUrl("HEC_URL", token: "HEC_TOKEN")
        
    }
    
    func logSession() {
        
        //Will start a new session if one is not active
        Mint.sharedInstance().startSession()
        
        //Will close the active session
        Mint.sharedInstance().closeSession()
        
        
    }
    
    func mintData() {
        
        //Will return set remote settings
        Mint.sharedInstance().getDevSettings()
        
        //Will return the UUID of this MINT installation
        Mint.sharedInstance().getMintUUID()
        
        //Will return the sessionID of the current session
        Mint.sharedInstance().getSessionID()
        
        //Will return a list of the blacklisted url's
        Mint.sharedInstance().blacklistUrls()
        
        //Will return bool indicating if the SDK was initialized to use HEC as its transport mechanism
        Mint.sharedInstance().isHTTPEventCollectorEnabled()
        
        //Will return bool indicating if the SDK was initialized in any way
        Mint.sharedInstance().isInitialized()
        
        //Will return bool indicating if the SDK has an active session
        Mint.sharedInstance().isSessionActive()
        
    }
    
    
    func logView() {
        //Creating a local instance of MintLimitedExtraData to pass into our api calls
        let myExtraData = MintLimitedExtraData()
        myExtraData.setValue("Value0", forKey: "Key0")
        
        
        /*
        Views are automatically collected in native environments. For all other use cases we have 3 API calls to log
        custom views. The difference in the API calls are variations on how to pass in extra data.
        */
        
        
        Mint.sharedInstance().logViewWithCurrentViewName("ViewName")
        Mint.sharedInstance().logViewWithCurrentViewName("ViewName", extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        Mint.sharedInstance().logViewWithCurrentViewName("ViewName", extraData: myExtraData)

    }
    
    func logTransaction() {
        //Creating a local instance of MintLimitedExtraData to pass into our api calls
        let myExtraData = MintLimitedExtraData()
        myExtraData.setValue("Value0", forKey: "Key0")
        
        
        /*
        Transactions are manually started through API calls.  Transactions have three separate END states:
        SUCCESS: The transaction was stopped normally through a transactionStop API Call
        CANCEL: The transactionw was cancelled, the API requires a reason for canceling a transaction
        FAIL: Active transactions are automatically failed when an exception crashes the application.
        
        For each API there are 3 variations based on the extra data being passed in.
        */
        
         //Starting 3 transactions
        var transactionId1 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction1")
        var transactionId2 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction2", extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        var transactionId3 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction3", extraData: myExtraData)
        
        //Stopping 3 transactions, will have status=SUCCESS
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStop(transactionId1)
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStop(transactionId2, extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStop(transactionId3, extraData: myExtraData)
        
        //Starting 3 transactions
        transactionId1 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction1")
        transactionId2 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction2", extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        transactionId3 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction3", extraData: myExtraData)
        
        //Cancelling 3 transactions, will have status=CANCEL
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionCancel(transactionId1, reason: "bad_transaction")
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionCancel(transactionId2, reason: "bad_transaction", extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        Mint.sharedInstance().transactionCancel(transactionId3, reason: "bad_transaction", extraData: myExtraData)
        
        
        
        // There are also failed transactions, these are sent out automatically when the MINT SDK detects an
        //unhandled exception while a transaction is still in progress
        
        //transactionId1 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction1")
        //transactionId2 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction2", extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        //transactionId3 = Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart("transaction3", extraData: myExtraData)
        
        //let myArray = []
        //myArray[1]

    }

    func logEvent() {
        //Creating a local instance of MintLimitedExtraData to pass into our api calls
        let myExtraData = MintLimitedExtraData()
        myExtraData.setValue("Value0", forKey: "Key0")
        
        /*
        The logEvent API calls can be used to log notable events.
        There are 4 variations based on the extra data being passed in and the log level to display.
        The following are allowed log levels
        
        MintLogLevel:
        
        DebugLogLevel
        InfoLogLevel
        NoticeLogLevel
        WarningLogLevel
        ErrorLogLevel
        CriticalLogLevel
        AlertLogLevel
        EmergencyLogLevel
        */
        
        Mint.sharedInstance().logEventWithName("eventName")
        Mint.sharedInstance().logEventWithName("eventnName", logLevel: DebugLogLevel)
        Mint.sharedInstance().logEventWithName("eventName", logLevel: DebugLogLevel, extraDataKey: "Key1", extraDataValue: "Value1")
        Mint.sharedInstance().logEventWithName("eventName", logLevel: DebugLogLevel, extraData: myExtraData)
        
        
    }

    func mintTimer() {
        // The timer API calls can be usedd to create a high-precision timer in nanoseconds
        let timerId = Mint.sharedInstance().startTimerWithName("timer1")
        Mint.sharedInstance().stopTimerWithId(timerId)
    }

    func mintFlushData() {
        
        //Flush all data currently in memory and in the filesystem
        Mint.sharedInstance().flush();
        
    }
    
}
Last modified on 05 November, 2019
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk MINT SDK for iOS (Legacy): 5.2.x


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