Retrieve build, deploy, and runtime logs for a DigitalOcean App Platform app via the API
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Documented steps
Create a DigitalOcean API token with read access (Account > API > Tokens)
GET https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/apps/{app_id}/logs for the active deployment, or GET /v2/apps/{app_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/logs for a specific deployment, with header Authorization: Bearer <token>
Set the log type via query param type= with values BUILD, DEPLOY, RUN, RUN_RESTARTED, or AUTOSCALE_EVENT
Add follow=true to get a live streaming URL instead of only historic logs
Parse the JSON response: historic_urls is an array of URLs to stored log batches; live_url is a streaming URL for current logs
Fetch historic_urls contents first, then connect to live_url (WebSocket for wss://, long-lived HTTPS otherwise) for the live tail
Component-level logs: GET /v2/apps/{app_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/components/{component_name}/logs
Docs: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/apps/ and https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/view-logs/
Known gotchas
The API returns URLs (historic_urls / live_url), not the log text itself — a second fetch is always required
Omitting the type param defaults to RUN logs and silently misses build/deploy lifecycle output
follow=true does not include historic logs; chain historic_urls retrieval before opening the live stream for a complete picture
live_url may be wss:// — plain HTTP clients cannot connect; use a WebSocket library
Returned log URLs are pre-signed and expire; fetch them promptly rather than storing them
Runtime log retention on the platform is short; export logs elsewhere for long-term storage
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