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 Version   v1

 Other versions for crawler [v1](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1)

- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/introduction)
- [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/support-us)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/requirements)
- [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/installation-setup)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/questions-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/changelog)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/about-us)

Basic usage
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- [ Getting started ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/basic-usage/getting-started)
- [ Determining which notifications get logged ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/basic-usage/determining-which-notifications-get-logged)
- [ Adding extra info to a logged notifications ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/basic-usage/adding-extra-info-to-your-notification)
- [ Querying the notification log ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/basic-usage/querying-the-notification-log)
- [ Working with fingerprints ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/basic-usage/working-with-fingerprints)

Advanced usage
--------------

- [ Customizing notification types ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/advanced-usage/customizing-notification-types)
- [ Customizing the logging process ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/advanced-usage/customizing-the-logging-process)
- [ Handling on demand notifications ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/advanced-usage/handling-on-demand-notifications)
- [ Using your own notification log model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-notification-log/v1/advanced-usage/using-your-own-notification-log-model)

 Adding extra info to a logged notifications
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The `notification_log_items` table has a JSON column called `extra` that allows you to store any value you want.

To fill up the `extra` column, add a function named `logExtra` to your notification and let it return an array that should be stored in the `extra` column when the notification gets logged.

```
use Illuminate\Notifications\Events\NotificationSending;

// in a notification
public function logExtra(NotificationSending $event): array
{
    return ['extraKey' => 'extraValue'];
}
```