# Honeybadger

Learn about how Buddy integrates with HoneyBadger and how you can use it to your advantage.

## What is Honeybadger? 

Honeybadger is an **error tracking and monitoring tool** for software developers. It offers features such as uptime monitoring, status pages, alerting and diagnostics. 

By integrating Honeybadger into your pipelines you can **receive automated alerts about errors** and outages and gain insights into application logs. This lets you quickly decide whether to apply a hotfix or roll back changes. 

![Pipeline example for Honeybadger integration](/docs/integrations/honeybadger/honeybadger-1.png 640x358)

## Setting up Honeybadger integration

1. Navigate to the <u>Integrations</u> tab and click the **New integration** button. 
2. Select **Honeybadger** from the list (it can be found under the <u>Monitoring</u> category):

![Honeybadger integration selection](/docs/integrations/honeybadger/honeybadger-2.png 640x340)

3. The integration configuration window will show up:

![Honeybadger integration settings](/docs/integrations/honeybadger/honeybadger-3.png 640x405)

Here, you have to provide: 
- Integration name
- API token

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You can adjust the privacy settings of your integration (i.e. who can use it and where) in the <u>Permissions</u> tab.

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4. Once done, click **New integration** to add the integration to your roster.

## Obtaining Honeybadger API token

1. Go to user settings in your [Honeybadger account](https://app.honeybadger.io/users/edit "seo-nf").
2. Open the <u>Authentication</u> tab and copy the API Token:

![Honeybadger API Token location](/docs/integrations/honeybadger/honeybadger-4.png 640x272)

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Read how to configure [Honeybadger with YAML](/docs/yaml/yaml-actions/honeybadger.md) and [Honeybadger POST Parameters](/docs/api/actions/add/honeybadger.md).

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Original source: https://buddy.works/docs/integrations/honeybadger