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# yadu - a human readable yaml based slog.Handler
## Introduction
Package yadu provides a handler for the log/slog logging framework.
It generates a mixture of text lines containing the timestamp and
log message and a YAML dump of the provided attibutes.
## Log format
The log format generated by yadu looks like this:
```
2023-04-02T10:50.09 EDT LEVEL Message text
foo: value
bar: 12345
```
## Example
```go
logger := slog.New(yadu.NewHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
type Enemy struct {
Alive bool
Health int
Name string
Body body `yaml:"-"` // not printed
Ammo []Ammo
}
e := &Enemy{Alive: true, Health: 10, Name: "Bodo", Body: "body\nbody\n",
Ammo: []Ammo{{Forweapon: "Railgun", Range: 400, Impact: 100, Cost: 100000}},
}
slog.Info("info", "enemy", e, "spawn", 199)
```
Output:
```sh
2024-01-18T02:57.41 CET INFO: info
enemy:
alive: true
health: 10
name: Bodo
ammo:
- forweapon: Railgun
impact: 100
cost: 100000
range: 400
spawn: 199
```
See `example/example.go` for usage.
## Installation
Execute this to add the module to your project:
```sh
go get github.com/tlinden/yadu
```
## Configuration
You can tweak the behavior of the handler as any other handler by using the Options struct:
```go
func removeTime(_ []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
if a.Key == slog.TimeKey {
return slog.Attr{}
}
return a
}
opts := &yadu.Options{
Level: slog.LevelDebug,
ReplaceAttr: removeTime,
}
```
Pass this object to `yadu.NewHandler()`.
Because you can pass whole structs to the logger which will be dumped
using YAML, there's also a way to exclude fields from being printed:
```go
type User struct {
Id int
User string
Pass string `yaml:"-"`
}
```
If you're already using YAML tags for other purposes you can also just
add a `LogValue()` method to your struct, which will be called by
slog. Refer to the slog documentation how to use it.
You can also modify the time format using `yadu.Options.TimeFormat`.
## Acknowledgements
I wrote most of the code with the help of the [humane slog
handler][humane]. Also helpfull was the [guide to writing `slog` handlers][guide].
+ [humane slog handler][humane]
+ [A Guide to Writing `slog` Handlers][guide]
+ [`slog`: Golang's official structured logging package][sobyte]
+ [A Comprehensive Guide to Structured Logging in Go][betterstack]
[humane]: https://github.com/telemachus/humane/tree/main
[guide]: https://github.com/golang/example/tree/master/slog-handler-guide
[mrkaran]: https://mrkaran.dev/posts/structured-logging-in-go-with-slog/
[betterstack]: https://betterstack.com/community/guides/logging/logging-in-go/
## LICENSE
This module is published under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause
License. Please read the file LICENSE for details.
## Author
Thomas von Dein `<git |AT| daemon.de>`