Get logs

Read runtime output from a service. Filter historical logs or read incrementally with a cursor.

GET /api/services/{id}/logs HTTPS

Request & response examples

Request example Server-side

curl --fail-with-body --request GET \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/logs?limit=25' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/logs?limit=25",
  {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${data.error}`);
}
// Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/logs?limit=25",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example 200

{
  "logs": [
    {
      "id": 42,
      "serviceId": "svc_example",
      "line": "Listening on port 3000",
      "stream": "app",
      "ts": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details ↓ OpenAPI ↗

Authorization

An account key with access, or a project/service key with logs:read. The resource must be within the key’s project, service, and environment scope.

Authorization: Bearer <key> Key setup ↗

Path parameters

id string required

Service id.

Query parameters

limit integer optional

Max lines.

q string optional

Substring filter.

before integer optional REST only

Return lines older than this log ID.

after integer optional REST only

Return newer lines for live tailing. In this mode, search and time filters are not applied.

since string optional REST only

Inclusive RFC3339 timestamp filter.

until string optional REST only

Exclusive RFC3339 timestamp filter.

Response 200

Returns { "logs": [...] }. Each entry is a runtime log record. Use after for an incremental REST tail or combine before, q, since, and until to inspect historical output.

Examples show selected response fields with illustrative values. Your response can contain additional fields.

logs array

Runtime log records.

Child fields

id integer
Unique identifier of this resource.
serviceId string
line string
One line of log output.
stream string
Log stream that produced this line.
ts string
Runtime log timestamp.

Errors

401

The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.

403

The caller or key scope does not permit this operation.

500

The operation could not be completed. Check resource state before retrying a write.

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`get_logs`

Required MCP arguments: id. Send path, query, and body fields together as tool arguments. Parameters marked REST only are not available through this tool.

Connect your agent ↗

import os import requests response = requests.request( "GET", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/logs?limit=25", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.