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golog is a zero-dependency simple, fast and easy-to-use level-based logger written in Go Programming Language.
🚀 Installation
The only requirement is the Go Programming Language*.
Go modules
$ go get github.com/kataras/golog@latest
Or edit your project's go.mod file and execute $ go build.
module your_project_name
go 1.25
require (
github.com/kataras/golog v0.1.14
)
$ go build
$ go get github.com/kataras/golog@latest
package main
import (
"github.com/kataras/golog"
)
func main() {
// Default Output is `os.Stdout`,
// but you can change it:
// golog.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
// Time Format defaults to: "2006/01/02 15:04"
// you can change it to something else or disable it with:
// golog.SetTimeFormat("")
// Level defaults to "info",
// but you can change it:
golog.SetLevel("debug")
golog.Println("This is a raw message, no levels, no colors.")
golog.Info("This is an info message, with colors (if the output is terminal)")
golog.Warn("This is a warning message")
golog.Error("This is an error message")
golog.Debug("This is a debug message")
golog.Fatal(`Fatal will exit no matter what,
but it will also print the log message if logger's Level is >=FatalLevel`)
// Use any other supported logger through golog, e.g. the new "log/slog":
// golog.Install(slog.Default())
}
Log Levels
Name
Method
Text
Color
"fatal"
Fatal, Fatalf
[FTAL]
Red background
"error"
Error, Errorf
[ERRO]
Red foreground
"warn"
Warn, Warnf, Warningf
[WARN]
Magenta foreground
"info"
Info, Infof
[INFO]
Cyan foreground
"debug"
Debug, Debugf
[DBUG]
Yellow foreground
On debug level the logger will store stacktrace information to the log instance, which is not printed but can be accessed through a Handler (see below).
// ParseLevel returns a Level based on its string name.
level := golog.ParseLevel("debug")
// level == golog.DebugLevel
Customization
You can customize the log level attributes.
func init() {
// Levels contains a map of the log levels and their attributes.
errorAttrs := golog.Levels[golog.ErrorLevel]
// Change a log level's text.
customColorCode := 156
errorAttrs.SetText("custom text", customColorCode)
// Get (rich) text per log level.
enableColors := true
errorRichText := errorAttrs.Text(enableColors)
}
Alternatively, to change a specific text on a known log level, you can just call:
golog.ErrorText("custom text", 156)
Integration
The golog.Logger is using common, expected log methods, therefore you can integrate it with ease.
Take for example the badger database. You want to add a prefix of [badger] in your logs when badger wants to print something.
Create a child logger with a prefix text using the Child function,
disable new lines (because they are managed by badger itself) and you are ready to GO:
// Simulate a logrus logger preparation.
logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
golog.Install(logrus.StandardLogger())
golog.Debug(`this debug message will not be shown,
because the logrus level is InfoLevel`)
golog.Error(`this error message will be visible as JSON,
because of logrus.JSONFormatter`)
Output Format
Any value that completes the Formatter interface can be used to write to the (leveled) output writer. By default the "json" formatter is available.
JSON
import "github.com/kataras/golog"
func main() {
golog.SetLevel("debug")
golog.SetFormat("json", " ") // < --
// main.go#29
golog.Debugf("This is a %s with data (debug prints the stacktrace too)", "message", golog.Fields{
"username": "kataras",
})
}
Output
{
"timestamp": 1591423477,
"level": "debug",
"message": "This is a message with data (debug prints the stacktrace too)",
"fields": {
"username": "kataras"
},
"stacktrace": [
{
"function": "main.main",
"source": "C:/example/main.go:29"
}
]
}
// Formatter is responsible to print a log to the logger's writer.
type Formatter interface {
// The name of the formatter.
String() string
// Set any options and return a clone,
// generic. See `Logger.SetFormat`.
Options(opts ...any) Formatter
// Writes the "log" to "dest" logger.
Format(dest io.Writer, log *Log) bool
}
Custom Format using Handler
The Logger can accept functions to handle (and print) each Log through its Handle method. The Handle method accepts a Handler.
type Handler func(value *Log) (handled bool)
This method can be used to alter Log's fields based on custom logic or to change the output destination and its output format.
import "github.com/kataras/golog"
func main() {
golog.SetLevel("debug")
golog.Handle(jsonOutput)
// main.go#29
golog.Debugf("This is a %s with data (debug prints the stacktrace too)", "message", golog.Fields{
"username": "kataras",
})
}
Examples
basic
output per level
child
add new level
change text and color
customize output
multi output
scan
logurs integration
log.Logger std integration
postgres integration NEW
new instance
🔥 Benchmarks
test
times ran (large is better)
ns/op (small is better)
B/op (small is better)
allocs/op (small is better)
BenchmarkGologPrint
10000000
3749 ns/op
890 B/op
28 allocs/op
BenchmarkLogrusPrint
3000000
9609 ns/op
1611 B/op
64 allocs/op
Click here for details.
👥 Contributing
If you find that something is not working as expected please open an issue.
The most recent commit recorded on kataras/golog was 3 months ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 45 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.
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What is kataras/golog?
kataras/golog (kataras/golog) is a Go project on GitHub. From the project's own README: A high-performant Logging Foundation for Go Applications. X3 faster than the rest leveled loggers.
What language is kataras/golog written in?
kataras/golog is written primarily in Go. GitHub's language field is based on the largest share of bytes in the default branch.
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