Ackly docs

Quick Start

Get from zero to your first ingested event in under 5 minutes.

1. Create an account

Sign up at www.ackly.dev. Ackly offers an optional onboarding that will walk you through creating your first workspace and setting up an initial source.

2. Create a source

Inside your workspace, go to Sources and click New source. Give it a name (e.g. my-backend) and copy the ingest key — a 48-character hex string that looks like:

a3f8c2e1d4b7091e6f5a2d3c8b4e7f1a9d2c5b8e3f6a0c4d

Treat this key like a password — anyone who holds it can send events to your workspace.

3. Send your first event

Replace your_ingest_key with the key you just copied:

bash
curl -X POST https://www.ackly.dev/api/ingest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_ingest_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status":"success","message":"Job completed"}'

A 201 Created response with { "id": "..." } means the event was recorded successfully.

4. View it live

Head back to your workspace in Ackly — the event will appear in the live feed immediately.

Next steps