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# package log
`package log` provides a minimal interface for structured logging in services.
It may be wrapped to encode conventions, enforce type-safety, provide leveled
logging, and so on. It can be used for both typical application log events,
and log-structured data streams.
It may be wrapped to encode conventions, enforce type-safety, provide leveled logging, and so on.
It can be used for both typical application log events, and log-structured data streams.
## Structured logging
Structured logging is, basically, conceding to the reality that logs are
_data_, and warrant some level of schematic rigor. Using a stricter,
key/value-oriented message format for our logs, containing contextual and
semantic information, makes it much easier to get insight into the
operational activity of the systems we build. Consequently, `package log` is
of the strong belief that "[the benefits of structured logging outweigh the
minimal effort involved](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/structured-logging)".
Structured logging is, basically, conceding to the reality that logs are _data_,
and warrant some level of schematic rigor.
Using a stricter, key/value-oriented message format for our logs,
containing contextual and semantic information,
makes it much easier to get insight into the operational activity of the systems we build.
Consequently, `package log` is of the strong belief that
"[the benefits of structured logging outweigh the minimal effort involved](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/structured-logging)".
Migrating from unstructured to structured logging is probably a lot easier
than you'd expect.
Migrating from unstructured to structured logging is probably a lot easier than you'd expect.
```go
// Unstructured
@@ -39,17 +37,17 @@ logger.Log("question", "what is the meaning of life?", "answer", 42)
// question="what is the meaning of life?" answer=42
```
### Contextual Loggers
### Log contexts
```go
func main() {
var logger log.Logger
logger = log.NewLogfmtLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stderr))
logger = log.With(logger, "instance_id", 123)
logger = log.NewContext(logger).With("instance_id", 123)
logger.Log("msg", "starting")
NewWorker(log.With(logger, "component", "worker")).Run()
NewSlacker(log.With(logger, "component", "slacker")).Run()
NewWorker(log.NewContext(logger).With("component", "worker")).Run()
NewSlacker(log.NewContext(logger).With("component", "slacker")).Run()
}
// Output:
@@ -79,8 +77,9 @@ func main() {
// {"msg":"I sure like pie","ts":"2016/01/01 12:34:56"}
```
Or, if, for legacy reasons, you need to pipe all of your logging through the
stdlib log package, you can redirect Go kit logger to the stdlib logger.
Or, if, for legacy reasons,
you need to pipe all of your logging through the stdlib log package,
you can redirect Go kit logger to the stdlib logger.
```go
logger := kitlog.NewLogfmtLogger(kitlog.StdlibWriter{})
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ logger.Log("legacy", true, "msg", "at least it's something")
```go
var logger log.Logger
logger = log.NewLogfmtLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stderr))
logger = log.With(logger, "ts", log.DefaultTimestampUTC, "caller", log.DefaultCaller)
logger = log.NewContext(logger).With("ts", log.DefaultTimestampUTC, "caller", log.DefaultCaller)
logger.Log("msg", "hello")
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ logger.Log("msg", "hello")
## Supported output formats
- [Logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) ([see also](https://blog.codeship.com/logfmt-a-log-format-thats-easy-to-read-and-write))
- [Logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt)
- JSON
## Enhancements
@@ -118,25 +117,27 @@ type Logger interface {
}
```
This interface, and its supporting code like is the product of much iteration
and evaluation. For more details on the evolution of the Logger interface,
see [The Hunt for a Logger Interface](http://go-talks.appspot.com/github.com/ChrisHines/talks/structured-logging/structured-logging.slide#1),
a talk by [Chris Hines](https://github.com/ChrisHines).
This interface, and its supporting code like [log.Context](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log#Context),
is the product of much iteration and evaluation.
For more details on the evolution of the Logger interface,
see [The Hunt for a Logger Interface](http://go-talks.appspot.com/github.com/ChrisHines/talks/structured-logging/structured-logging.slide#1),
a talk by [Chris Hines](https://github.com/ChrisHines).
Also, please see
[#63](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/63),
[#76](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/76),
[#131](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/131),
[#157](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/157),
[#164](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/164), and
[#252](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/252)
to review historical conversations about package log and the Logger interface.
[#63](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/63),
[#76](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/76),
[#131](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/131),
[#157](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/157),
[#164](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/issues/164), and
[#252](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/pull/252)
to review historical conversations about package log and the Logger interface.
Value-add packages and suggestions,
like improvements to [the leveled logger](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level),
are of course welcome. Good proposals should
like improvements to [the leveled logger](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log/levels),
are of course welcome.
Good proposals should
- Be composable with [contextual loggers](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log#With),
- Not break the behavior of [log.Caller](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log#Caller) in any wrapped contextual loggers, and
- Be composable with [log.Context](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log#Context),
- Not break the behavior of [log.Caller](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-kit/kit/log#Caller) in any wrapped context, and
- Be friendly to packages that accept only an unadorned log.Logger.
## Benchmarks & comparisons