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              "text": "Wrap the entry point in try/except: on success, requests.get the monitor URL https://ping.lastping.dev/; on exception, requests.post the error text to the /fail endpoint and re-raise so the exit code stays non-zero. If the script fails, hangs, or never starts, LastPing alerts you by email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, ntfy, Pushover, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or webhook."
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              "text": "Yes. POST the exception text as the body of the /fail ping. Up to 10,000 bytes are stored with the ping event and retrievable via the API."
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