Example mail composer	Example Report

Diagnostics is a library written in Swift which makes it really easy to share Diagnostics Reports to your support team.

• Features
• Requirements
• Usage
  • Using a custom UserDefaults type
  • Filtering out sensitive data
  • Adding your own custom logs
  • Adding your own custom report
  • Smart insights
• Communication
• Installation
• Release Notes
• License

Features

The library allows to easily attach the Diagnostics Report as an attachment to the MFMailComposeViewController.

• Integrated with the MFMailComposeViewController
• Default reporters include:
  • App metadata
  • System metadata
  • System logs divided per session
  • UserDefaults
• Possibility to filter out sensitive data using a DiagnosticsReportFilter
• A custom DiagnosticsLogger to add your own logs
• Smart insights like “⚠️ User is low on storage” and “✅ User is using the latest app version”
• Flexible setup to add your own smart insights
• Flexible setup to add your own custom diagnostics
• Native cross-platform support, e.g. iOS, iPadOS and macOS

Usage

The default report already contains a lot of valuable information and could be enough to get you going.

Make sure to set up the DiagnosticsLogger as early as possible to catch all the system logs, for example in the didLaunchWithOptions:

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    do {
        try DiagnosticsLogger.setup()
    } catch {
        print("Failed to setup the Diagnostics Logger")
    }
    return true
}

Then, simply show the MFMailComposeViewController using the following code:

import UIKit
import MessageUI
import Diagnostics

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBAction func sendDiagnostics(_ sender: UIButton) {
        /// Create the report.
        let report = DiagnosticsReporter.create()

        guard MFMailComposeViewController.canSendMail() else {
            /// For debugging purposes you can save the report to desktop when testing on the simulator.
            /// This allows you to iterate fast on your report.
            report.saveToDesktop()
            return
        }

        let mail = MFMailComposeViewController()
        mail.mailComposeDelegate = self
        mail.setToRecipients(["support@yourcompany.com"])
        mail.setSubject("Diagnostics Report")
        mail.setMessageBody("An issue in the app is making me crazy, help!", isHTML: false)

        /// Add the Diagnostics Report as an attachment.
        mail.addDiagnosticReport(report)

        present(mail, animated: true)
    }

}

extension ViewController: MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate {
    func mailComposeController(_ controller: MFMailComposeViewController, didFinishWith result: MFMailComposeResult, error: Error?) {
        controller.dismiss(animated: true)
    }
}

On macOS you could send the report by using the NSSharingService:

import AppKit
import Diagnostics

func send(report: DiagnosticsReport) {
    let service = NSSharingService(named: NSSharingService.Name.composeEmail)!
    service.recipients = ["support@yourcompany.com"]
    service.subject = "Diagnostics Report"
            
    let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("Diagnostics-Report.html")
    
    // remove previous report
    try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: url)

    do {
        try report.data.write(to: url)
    } catch {
        print("Failed with error: \(error)")
    }

    service.perform(withItems: [url])
}

Using a custom UserDefaults type

Simply set your user defaults instance by making use of:

UserDefaultsReporter.userDefaults = ..

Filtering out sensitive data

It could be that your report is containing sensitive data. You can filter this out by creating a DiagnosticsReportFilter.

The example project contains an example of this:

struct DiagnosticsDictionaryFilter: DiagnosticsReportFilter {

    // This demonstrates how a filter can be used to filter out sensible data.
    static func filter(_ diagnostics: Diagnostics) -> Diagnostics {
        guard let dictionary = diagnostics as? [String: Any] else { return diagnostics }
        return dictionary.filter { keyValue -> Bool in
            if keyValue.key == "App Display Name" {
                // Filter out the key with the value "App Display Name"
                return false
            } else if keyValue.key == "AppleLanguages" {
                // Filter out a user defaults key.
                return false
            }
            return true
        }
    }
}

Which can be used by passing in the filter into the create(..) method:

let report = DiagnosticsReporter.create(using: reporters, filters: [DiagnosticsDictionaryFilter.self])

Adding your own custom logs

To make your own logs appear in the logs diagnostics you need to make use of the DiagnosticsLogger.

/// Support logging simple `String` messages.
DiagnosticsLogger.log(message: "Application started")

/// Support logging `Error` types.
DiagnosticsLogger.log(error: ExampleError.missingData)

The error logger will make use of the localized description if available which you can add by making your error conform to LocalizedError.

Adding a directory tree report

It’s possible to add a directory tree report for a given set of URL, resulting in the following output:

└── Documents
    +-- contents
    |   +-- B3F2F9AD-AB8D-4825-8369-181DEAAFF940.png
    |   +-- 5B9C090E-6CE1-4A2F-956B-15897AB4B0A1.png
    |   +-- 739416EF-8FF8-4502-9B36-CEB778385BBF.png
    |   +-- 27A3C96B-1813-4553-A6B7-436E6F3DBB20.png
    |   +-- 8F176CEE-B28F-49EB-8802-CC0438879FBE.png
    |   +-- 340C2371-A81A-4188-8E04-BC19E94F9DAE.png
    |   +-- E63AFEBC-B7E7-46D3-BC92-E34A53C0CE0A.png
    |   +-- 6B363F44-AB69-4A60-957E-710494381739.png
    |   +-- 9D31CA40-D152-45D9-BDCE-9BB09CCB825E.png
    |   +-- 304E2E41-9697-4F9A-9EE0-8D487ED60C45.jpeg
    |   └── 7 more file(s)
    +-- diagnostics_log.txt
    +-- Okapi.sqlite
    +-- Library
    |   +-- Preferences
    |   |   └── group.com.wetransfer.app.plist
    |   └── Caches
    |       └── com.apple.nsurlsessiond
    |           └── Downloads
    |               └── com.wetransfer
    +-- Coyote.sqlite-shm
    +-- Coyote.sqlite
    +-- Coyote.sqlite-wal
    +-- Okapi.sqlite-shm
    +-- Okapi.sqlite-wal
    └── 1 more file(s)

You can do this by adding the DirectoryTreesReporter:

var reporters = DiagnosticsReporter.DefaultReporter.allReporters
let documentsURL = try! FileManager.default.url(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: false)
let directoryTreesReporter = DirectoryTreesReporter(
    directories: [
        documentsURL
    ]
)
reporters.insert(directoryTreesReporter, at: 1)

Adding your own custom report

To add your own report you need to make use of the DiagnosticsReporting protocol.

/// An example Custom Reporter.
struct CustomReporter: DiagnosticsReporting {
    static func report() -> DiagnosticsChapter {
        let diagnostics: [String: String] = [
            "Logged In": Session.isLoggedIn.description
        ]

        return DiagnosticsChapter(title: "My custom report", diagnostics: diagnostics)
    }
}

You can then add this report to the creation method:

var reporters = DiagnosticsReporter.DefaultReporter.allReporters
reporters.insert(CustomReporter.self, at: 1)
let report = DiagnosticsReporter.create(using: reporters)

Smart Insights

By default, standard Smart Insights are provided:

• UpdateAvailableInsight uses your bundle identifier to fetch the latest available app version. An insight will be shown whether an update is available to the user or not.
• DeviceStorageInsight shows whether the user is out of storage or not

Adding your own custom insights

It’s possible to provide your own custom insights based on the chapters in the report. A common example is to parse the errors and show a smart insight about an occurred error:

struct SmartInsightsProvider: SmartInsightsProviding {
    func smartInsights(for chapter: DiagnosticsChapter) -> [SmartInsightProviding] {
        guard let html = chapter.diagnostics as? HTML else { return [] }
        if html.errorLogs.contains(where: { $0.contains("AppDelegate.ExampleLocalizedError") }) {
            return [
                SmartInsight(
                    name: "Localized data",
                    result: .warn(message: "An error was found regarding missing localisation.")
                )
            ]
        }
        return []
    }
}

The example project provides the above sample code for you to try out. You can make use of html.errorLogs, .debugLogs, and .systemLogs to quickly access specific logs from the report.

Creating a custom HTML formatter for your report

You can make use of the HTMLFormatting protocol to customize the way the HTML is reported.

Simply pass in the formatter into the DiagnosticsChapter initialiser:

DiagnosticsChapter(title: "UserDefaults", diagnostics: userDefaults, formatter: <#HTMLFormatting.Type#>)

Communication

• If you found a bug, open an issue.
• If you have a feature request, open an issue.
• If you want to contribute, submit a pull request.

Installation

Swift Package Manager

The Swift Package Manager is a tool for managing the distribution of Swift code. It’s integrated with the Swift build system to automate the process of downloading, compiling, and linking dependencies.

Manifest File

Add Diagnostics as a package to your Package.swift file and then specify it as a dependency of the Target in which you wish to use it.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "MyProject",
    platforms: [
       .macOS(.v10_15)
    ],
    dependencies: [
        .package(url: "https://github.com/WeTransfer/Diagnostics.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "1.8.0"))
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(
            name: "MyProject",
            dependencies: ["Diagnostics"]),
        .testTarget(
            name: "MyProjectTests",
            dependencies: ["MyProject"]),
    ]
)

Xcode

To add Diagnostics as a dependency to your Xcode project, select File > Swift Packages > Add Package Dependency and enter the repository URL: https://github.com/WeTransfer/Diagnostics.git.

Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager that builds your dependencies and provides you with binary frameworks.

You can install Carthage with Homebrew using the following command:

$ brew update
$ brew install carthage

To integrate Diagnostics into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "WeTransfer/Diagnostics" ~> 1.00

Run carthage update to build the framework and drag the built Diagnostics.framework into your Xcode project.

Manually

If you prefer not to use any of the aforementioned dependency managers, you can integrate Diagnostics into your project manually.

Embedded Framework

• Open up Terminal, cd into your top-level project directory, and run the following command “if” your project is not initialized as a git repository:

  $ git init

• Add Diagnostics as a git submodule by running the following command:

  $ git submodule add https://github.com/WeTransfer/Diagnostics.git

• Open the new Diagnostics folder, and drag the Diagnostics folder into the Project Navigator of your application’s Xcode project. This will add the SPM package as a local package.

  It should appear nested underneath your application’s blue project icon. Whether it is above or below all the other Xcode groups does not matter.

• Next, select your application project in the Project Navigator (blue project icon) to navigate to the target configuration window and select the application target under the “Targets” heading in the sidebar.

• In the tab bar at the top of that window, open the “General” panel.

• Click on the + button under the “Embedded Binaries” section.

• Select Diagnostics.framework.

• And that’s it!

  The Diagnostics.framework is automagically added as a target dependency, linked framework and embedded framework in a copy files build phase which is all you need to build on the simulator and a device.

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Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes.

Authors

This library is created as part of the WeTransfer Hackathon. Process has been reported on Twitter.

Thanks to:

• “Offie” for the HTML report
• Casper for the awesome logo
• Antoine for the Swift Library

Also, a little shoutout to 1Password for inspiring us to create this library.

License

Diagnostics is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.