Operations

Send a Log to Better Stack

Send a message and level to Better Stack Logs from a workflow or a manual test.

Setup and use

Create a Better Stack Logs source. Replace the example URL in the Open Flow HTTP node with your source’s HTTPS ingesting host and bind the source token as a secret Variable. In n8n, set the HTTP node URL to the ingesting host and configure Header Auth with header name Authorization and value Bearer YOUR_SOURCE_TOKEN. See Better Stack’s ingestion documentation.

Call the workflow with string inputs message and level. To send the original example instead, run Open Flow without inputs or use the manual trigger in n8n; it sends level error and message This is a test log message.

Behavior

Each invocation sends one JSON log with the supplied message and level. The source token identifies the destination. A successful API response confirms acceptance, not downstream processing. If the request outcome is unknown, check the destination before retrying to avoid duplicate logs. The ingest endpoint and token are configured by the user.

Inspiration & credits

Changes to the source

Use the current Better Stack HTTP ingestion contract and build JSON from values, preserving quotes and newlines.
Open Flow uses the original example when inputs are omitted.

Adapted from Better Stack log subworkflow in Zie619/n8n-workflows. The source credits Audun / xqus; no separate original template license was identified.

The collection’s MIT notice is pinned at a later revision. This is the collection notice at that revision; it does not establish a separate original template author’s license. Our changes are listed above; see repository licensing.

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