Developer

Developer Integration

Zynk's Developer integration adds technical utility tasks to your workflows. Ping a host before a sync runs, scan a website for broken links, validate page markup, test URLs for expected strings and build Visual Studio projects or solutions on a schedule. It suits IT and web teams who want monitoring and build steps alongside the integrations they already run in Zynk.

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Benefits

Why businesses connect Developer

Check hosts before a sync

Ping Host is a condition task that runs its sub-tasks only when a host responds, or only when it fails. Use it to hold back a sync while a server is unreachable and raise an alert instead of logging a run of errors.

Broken links found early

Link Checker tests every link on a page and follows sub-pages to the depth you set, saving each result to an XML file that can be emailed to the web team or compared with the next run.

Markup validated after each change

Validate Resource submits a URL to an online validator, by default the W3C markup validation service, and saves the response, so template changes can be checked as part of every release.

URLs tested for expected values

Check URL String tests whether a URL contains one or more strings you specify and logs the outcome, a quick way to confirm that generated links carry the right domain, path or parameters.

Builds and code metrics on a schedule

Build Project and Build Solution compile Visual Studio .csproj and .sln files with their saved configuration, while Line Of Code Counter reports files, folders, lines and the change since the previous run.

Capabilities

What you can do with Developer

Every task the Zynk Developer connector can run, grouped by the direction data moves.

Actions in Developer

Tasks Zynk can automate in Developer

7 tasks

Build project → in Developer
Build solution → in Developer
Check URL string → in Developer
Line of code counter → in Developer
Link checker → in Developer
Ping host → in Developer
Validate resource → in Developer

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Most Developer projects include at least one custom step. Our team builds it for you.

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The problem

Why integrate Developer?

Integrations depend on servers, websites and code that can fail quietly. A host drops offline overnight, a release breaks links on the store or a build is never rerun, and nobody notices until a customer or a failed sync points it out. Separate scripts for each check are easy to forget.

Without integration

Syncs failing for hours because a server was unreachable
Broken links reported by customers rather than found by the team
Markup errors creeping in with each template change
Builds run by hand on one developer's machine
One-off scripts that nobody maintains or monitors

With Zynk

Ping Host checks the server first and takes an alert path if it is down
Link Checker scans the site and saves the results on a schedule
Validate Resource runs pages through a validator after changes
Projects and solutions build as a scheduled workflow step
Checks live in Zynk workflows with logging and alerts

How it works

How the Developer integration works

Step 1: Add the tasks
Drag Developer tasks into a new or existing workflow. There is no connection to configure: each task takes a URL, host, folder or project file as its main setting.
Step 2: Set the thresholds
Choose timeouts for pings and page fetches, the crawl depth for link checks, the strings to test for and the validation service to call.
Step 3: Decide what happens next
Place sync tasks under Ping Host so they only run when a host responds, or add Email or SMS tasks under a failure check so the right person hears about it.
Step 4: Schedule and review
Run checks every few minutes, nightly or after a deployment, and keep the XML and HTML outputs so results can be compared over time.

Integrations

What can you connect to Developer?

Example use cases for Developer integration

Developer and Email

Email Link Checker results to the web team, or send an alert when Ping Host finds that a server or service has stopped responding.

Alerts, Link reports

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Developer and WordPress

Export the pages of a WordPress site and run each address through Link Checker and Validate Resource, catching broken links and markup errors after content changes.

Pages

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Developer and GitHub

Commit link reports or line count results to a GitHub repository as files, giving the team a versioned history of every scheduled check.

Reports

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Developer and SQL Server

Write ping, link check and line count results to a SQL Server table, so availability and code size can be reported on over weeks and months.

Check results

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Developer integration FAQs

What is the Zynk Developer connector?

It is a set of utility tasks for developers and IT teams: Build Project, Build Solution, Check URL String, Line Of Code Counter, Link Checker, Ping Host and Validate Resource. They run inside Zynk workflows next to business connectors, so technical checks and integrations share one scheduler and one log.

Can Zynk check a server is online before running an integration?

Yes. Ping Host pings a host with a timeout you set and runs its sub-tasks depending on the result. Placing your sync under it means the sync only runs when the host responds, and a second check can send an alert when it does not.

Can Zynk scan my website for broken links?

Yes. Link Checker starts from a URL and checks every link on the page, following sub-pages to the depth you choose. Results are saved as XML, which a workflow can email to your web team or store for comparison with earlier runs.

Can Zynk build Visual Studio projects and solutions?

Yes. Build Project compiles a .csproj file and Build Solution compiles a .sln file using the configuration saved in the project files. Teams use them to rebuild custom components on a schedule or as one step in a larger workflow.

Do the Developer tasks need a connection or credentials?

No connection is set up for these tasks. Each one takes its target directly, such as a URL, host name, root folder or project file. Zynk only needs to be able to reach that target from the machine where the workflow runs.

How do I validate HTML pages with Zynk?

Use Validate Resource. Give it the page URL and the validation service to call, by default the W3C markup validator, and it saves the validator's HTML response to a file you can review or pass on to the next step in the workflow.

Which business systems are the Developer tasks used with?

Typical pairings are websites and stores such as WordPress, Magento, Shopify and WooCommerce, with Email or SMS tasks for alerts, and with SQL Server or GitHub for keeping results. Ping Host is also used to guard any sync that depends on a server being available.

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