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Overview

Ray is Spatie's desktop debugging application for developers. Send data directly to Ray by making HTTP requests to its local server. This is what the ray() PHP function does under the hood.

Connection Details

| Setting | Default | Environment Variable | |---------|---------|---------------------| | Host | localhost | RAY_HOST | | Port | 23517 | RAY_PORT | | URL | http://localhost:23517/ | - |

Request Format

Method: POST Content-Type: application/json User-Agent: Ray 1.0

Basic Request Structure

{
  "uuid": "unique-identifier-for-this-ray-instance",
  "payloads": [
    {
      "type": "log",
      "content": { },
      "origin": {
        "file": "/path/to/file.php",
        "line_number": 42,
        "hostname": "my-machine"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "ray_package_version": "1.0.0"
  }
}

Fields

| Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | uuid | string | Unique identifier for this Ray instance. Reuse the same UUID to update an existing entry. | | payloads | array | Array of payload objects to send | | meta | object | Optional metadata (ray_package_version, project_name, php_version) |

Origin Object

Every payload includes origin information:

{
  "file": "/Users/dev/project/app/Controller.php",
  "line_number": 42,
  "hostname": "dev-machine"
}

Payload Types

Log (Send Values)

{
  "type": "log",
  "content": {
    "values": ["Hello World", 42, {"key": "value"}]
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Custom (HTML/Text Content)

{
  "type": "custom",
  "content": {
    "content": "<h1>HTML Content</h1><p>With formatting</p>",
    "label": "My Label"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Table

{
  "type": "table",
  "content": {
    "values": {"name": "John", "email": "john@example.com", "age": 30},
    "label": "User Data"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Color

Set the color of the preceding log entry:

{
  "type": "color",
  "content": {
    "color": "green"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Available colors: green, orange, red, purple, blue, gray

Screen Color

Set the background color of the screen:

{
  "type": "screen_color",
  "content": {
    "color": "green"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Label

Add a label to the entry:

{
  "type": "label",
  "content": {
    "label": "Important"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Size

Set the size of the entry:

{
  "type": "size",
  "content": {
    "size": "lg"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Available sizes: sm, lg

Notify (Desktop Notification)

{
  "type": "notify",
  "content": {
    "value": "Task completed!"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

New Screen

{
  "type": "new_screen",
  "content": {
    "name": "Debug Session"
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

Measure (Timing)

{
  "type": "measure",
  "content": {
    "name": "my-timer",
    "is_new_timer": true,
    "total_time": 0,
    "time_since_last_call": 0,
    "max_memory_usage_during_total_time": 0,
    "max_memory_usage_since_last_call": 0
  },
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

For subsequent measurements, set is_new_timer: false and provide actual timing values.

Simple Payloads (No Content)

These payloads only need a type and empty content:

{
  "type": "separator",
  "content": {},
  "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
}

| Type | Purpose | |------|---------| | separator | Add visual divider | | clear_all | Clear all entries | | hide | Hide this entry | | remove | Remove this entry | | confetti | Show confetti animation | | show_app | Bring Ray to foreground | | hide_app | Hide Ray window |

Combining Multiple Payloads

Send multiple payloads in one request. Use the same uuid to apply modifiers (color, label, size) to a log entry:

{
  "uuid": "abc-123",
  "payloads": [
    {
      "type": "log",
      "content": { "values": ["Important message"] },
      "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
    },
    {
      "type": "color",
      "content": { "color": "red" },
      "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
    },
    {
      "type": "label",
      "content": { "label": "ERROR" },
      "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
    },
    {
      "type": "size",
      "content": { "size": "lg" },
      "origin": { "file": "test.php", "line_number": 1, "hostname": "localhost" }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

Example: Complete Request

Send a green, labeled log message:

curl -X POST http://localhost:23517/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: Ray 1.0" \
  -d '{
    "uuid": "my-unique-id-123",
    "payloads": [
      {
        "type": "log",
        "content": {
          "values": ["User logged in", {"user_id": 42, "name": "John"}]
        },
        "origin": {
          "file": "/app/AuthController.php",
          "line_number": 55,
          "hostname": "dev-server"
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "color",
        "content": { "color": "green" },
        "origin": { "file": "/app/AuthController.php", "line_number": 55, "hostname": "dev-server" }
      },
      {
        "type": "label",
        "content": { "label": "Auth" },
        "origin": { "file": "/app/AuthController.php", "line_number": 55, "hostname": "dev-server" }
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "project_name": "my-app"
    }
  }'

Availability Check

Before sending data, you can check if Ray is running:

GET http://localhost:23517/_availability_check

Ray responds with HTTP 404 when available (the endpoint doesn't exist, but the server is running).

Payload Type Reference

| Type | Content Fields | Purpose | |------|----------------|---------| | log | values (array) | Send values to Ray | | custom | content, label | HTML or text content | | table | values, label | Display as table | | color | color | Set entry color | | screen_color | color | Set screen background | | label | label | Add label to entry | | size | size | Set entry size (sm/lg) | | notify | value | Desktop notification | | new_screen | name | Create new screen | | measure | name, is_new_timer, timing fields | Performance timing | | separator | (empty) | Visual divider | | clear_all | (empty) | Clear all entries | | hide | (empty) | Hide entry | | remove | (empty) | Remove entry | | confetti | (empty) | Confetti animation | | show_app | (empty) | Show Ray window | | hide_app | (empty) | Hide Ray window |

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