Logger is a simple cross platform Go logging library for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS, it can log to the Windows event log, Linux/macOS syslog, and an io.Writer.
This is not an official Google product.
Set up the default logger to log the system log (event log or syslog) and a file, include a flag to turn up verbosity:
import (
"flag"
"os"
"github.com/google/logger"
)
const logPath = "/some/location/example.log"
var verbose = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "print info level logs to stdout")
func main() {
flag.Parse()
lf, err := os.OpenFile(logPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0660)
if err != nil {
logger.Fatalf("Failed to open log file: %v", err)
}
defer lf.Close()
defer logger.Init("LoggerExample", *verbose, true, lf).Close()
logger.Info("I'm about to do something!")
if err := doSomething(); err != nil {
logger.Errorf("Error running doSomething: %v", err)
}
}The Init function returns a logger so you can setup multiple instances if you wish, only the first call to Init will set the default logger:
lf, err := os.OpenFile(logPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0660)
if err != nil {
logger.Fatalf("Failed to open log file: %v", err)
}
defer lf.Close()
// Log to system log and a log file, Info logs don't write to stdout.
loggerOne := logger.Init("LoggerExample", false, true, lf)
defer loggerOne.Close()
// Don't to system log or a log file, Info logs write to stdout..
loggerTwo := logger.Init("LoggerExample", true, false, ioutil.Discard)
defer loggerTwo.Close()
loggerOne.Info("This will log to the log file and the system log")
loggerTwo.Info("This will only log to stdout")
logger.Info("This is the same as using loggerOne")| Code | Example |
|---|---|
logger.SetFlags(log.Ldate) |
ERROR: 2018/11/11 Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.Ltime) |
ERROR: 09:42:45 Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.Lmicroseconds) |
ERROR: 09:42:50.776015 Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.Llongfile) |
ERROR: /src/main.go:31: Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.Lshortfile) |
ERROR: main.go:31: Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.LUTC) |
ERROR: Error running Foobar: message |
logger.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags) |
ERROR: 2018/11/11 09:43:12 Error running Foobar: message |
func main() {
lf, err := os.OpenFile(logPath, …, 0660)
defer logger.Init("foo", *verbose, true, lf).Close()
logger.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags)
}More info: https://golang.org/pkg/log/#pkg-constants