log analysis tool

[jakepeg]

has anyone ever created a log analysis tool (IIS / Apache web logs) in flash / flex? if not would it possibly to do?

[Jim Freer]

I started one which works only with IIS logs. It would have to be considered an experimental application. The analysis software provided by my web host might be useful for large sites, but since I have a blog that must be in the Top 10 most obscure sites, it wasn’t providing me the detail I wanted. My son tells me there are free tools that will give me complete detail but I haven’t found the time to investigate them.

The app was developed with Flex 3 but I intended to make it an AIR app. The process is manual. That is, I have to download the logs manually and I don’t have any automation with a “whois”. I would like automate these and I’m willing to share the code with anyone that has the skill and inclination to do that. I would say the code is somewhat slow. I have about 2.5 months of logs (remember with low activity) and it takes about 6 seconds to start up which includes filling out a tree that show the locations of the hits. I am parsing every log file every time I run the program.

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[jakepeg]

"plum peachy"!

Actually for my needs it just needs to be for sites that are running on IIS, so that's cool. I'll have a think more tomorrow as it's nearly bed time here, but I'm sure there is a way to do a whois lookup and to be able to not have to download the logs manually, will do a bit of searching and let you know...

[Jim Freer]

Even if the analysis ends up that some part is too much work that's okay; as long as you're willing to share your effort. I'd like to see it progress, but I'm too busy doing other things right now.

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