Tail runtime logs for a deployed Railway service (deploymentLogs GraphQL query)
domain: railway.com · 8 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Get a Railway API token: account/workspace tokens from https://railway.com/account/tokens, or a project token from project settings.
POST to the GraphQL endpoint https://backboard.railway.com/graphql/v2 with Content-Type: application/json.
Authenticate: account/workspace/OAuth tokens use 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>'; project tokens MUST use 'Project-Access-Token: <TOKEN>' header instead.
Get the deployment id: list deployments with query 'query deployList($input: DeploymentListInput!){ deployments(input:$input, first:10){ edges{ node{ id status createdAt }}} }' with input {projectId, serviceId, environmentId}; pick the relevant deployment.
Fetch runtime logs: 'query logs($deploymentId:String!, $limit:Int){ deploymentLogs(deploymentId:$deploymentId, limit:$limit){ timestamp message severity } }' with the deployment id.
Optionally pass filter (text substring), startDate, endDate (ISO 8601) to narrow the time range.
Logs go to stdout/stderr (console.log etc.) and are captured automatically.
For continuous tailing use the GraphQL WebSocket subscriptions (wss://backboard.railway.com/graphql/v2, deploymentLogs subscription), which is how 'railway logs' streams live output.
Known gotchas
Project tokens use the Project-Access-Token header, NOT Authorization: Bearer — using the wrong header returns auth errors.
The 'me { name email }' query only works with account tokens, not workspace/project tokens.
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