# Log

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A minimal and colorful Go logging library. 🪵

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It provides a leveled structured human readable logger with a small API. Unlike
[standard `log`][stdlog], the Charm logger provides customizable colorful human
readable logging with batteries included.

- Uses [Lip Gloss][lipgloss] to style and colorize the output.
- Colorful, human readable format.
- Ability to customize the time stamp format.
- Skips caller frames and marks function as helpers.
- Leveled logging.
- Text, JSON, and Logfmt formatters.
- Store and retrieve logger in and from context.
- Standard log adapter.

## Usage

Use `go get` to download the dependency.

```bash
go get github.com/charmbracelet/log@latest
```

Then, `import` it in your Go files:

```go
import "github.com/charmbracelet/log"
```

The Charm logger comes with a global package-wise logger with timestamps turned
on, and the logging level set to `info`.

```go
log.Debug("Cookie 🍪") // won't print anything
log.Info("Hello World!")
```

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All logging levels accept optional key/value pairs to be printed along with a
message.

```go
err := fmt.Errorf("too much sugar")
log.Error("failed to bake cookies", "err", err)
```

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You can use `log.Print()` to print messages without a level prefix.

```go
log.Print("Baking 101")
// 2023/01/04 10:04:06 Baking 101
```

### New loggers

Use `New()` to create new loggers.

```go
logger := log.New(os.Stderr)
if butter {
    logger.Warn("chewy!", "butter", true)
}
```

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### Levels

Log offers multiple levels to filter your logs on. Available levels are:

```go
log.DebugLevel
log.InfoLevel
log.WarnLevel
log.ErrorLevel
log.FatalLevel
```

Use `log.SetLevel()` to set the log level. You can also create a new logger with
a specific log level using `log.Options{Level: }`.

Use the corresponding function to log a message:

```go
err := errors.New("Baking error 101")
log.Debug(err)
log.Info(err)
log.Warn(err)
log.Error(err)
log.Fatal(err) // this calls os.Exit(1)
log.Print(err) // prints regardless of log level
```

Or use the formatter variant:

```go
format := "%s %d"
log.Debugf(format, "chocolate", 10)
log.Warnf(format, "adding more", 5)
log.Errorf(format, "increasing temp", 420)
log.Fatalf(format, "too hot!", 500) // this calls os.Exit(1)
log.Printf(format, "baking cookies") // prints regardless of log level

// Use these in conjunction with `With(...)` to add more context
log.With("err", err).Errorf("unable to start %s", "oven")
```

### Structured

All the functions above take a message and key-value pairs of anything. The
message can also be of type any.

```go
ingredients := []string{"flour", "butter", "sugar", "chocolate"}
log.Debug("Available ingredients", "ingredients", ingredients)
// DEBUG Available ingredients ingredients="[flour butter sugar chocolate]"
```

### Options

You can customize the logger with options. Use `log.NewWithOptions()` and
`log.Options{}` to customize your new logger.

```go
logger := log.NewWithOptions(os.Stderr, log.Options{
    ReportCaller: true,
    ReportTimestamp: true,
    TimeFormat: time.Kitchen,
    Prefix: "Baking 🍪 "
})
logger.Info("Starting oven!", "degree", 375)
time.Sleep(10 * time.Minute)
logger.Info("Finished baking")
```

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You can also use logger setters to customize the logger.

```go
logger := log.New(os.Stderr)
logger.SetReportTimestamp(false)
logger.SetReportCaller(false)
logger.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
```

Use `log.SetFormatter()` or `log.Options{Formatter: }` to change the output
format. Available options are:

- `log.TextFormatter` (_default_)
- `log.JSONFormatter`
- `log.LogfmtFormatter`

> **Note** styling only affects the `TextFormatter`. Styling is disabled if the
> output is not a TTY.

For a list of available options, refer to [options.go](./options.go).

### Styles

You can customize the logger styles using [Lipgloss][lipgloss]. The styles are
defined at a global level in [styles.go](./styles.go).

```go
// Override the default error level style.
log.ErrorLevelStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
    SetString("ERROR!!").
    Padding(0, 1, 0, 1).
    Background(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{
        Light: "203",
        Dark:  "204",
    }).
    Foreground(lipgloss.Color("0"))
// Add a custom style for key `err`
log.KeyStyles["err"] = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("204"))
log.ValueStyles["err"] = lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true)
log.Error("Whoops!", "err", "kitchen on fire")
```

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### Sub-logger

Create sub-loggers with their specific fields.

```go
logger := log.NewWithOptions(os.Stderr, log.Options{
    Prefix: "Baking 🍪 "
})
batch2 := logger.With("batch", 2, "chocolateChips", true)
batch2.Debug("Preparing batch 2...")
batch2.Debug("Adding chocolate chips")
```

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### Format Messages

You can use `fmt.Sprintf()` to format messages.

```go
for item := 1; i <= 100; i++ {
    log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Baking %d/100...", item))
}
```

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Or arguments:

```go
for temp := 375; temp <= 400; temp++ {
    log.Info("Increasing temperature", "degree", fmt.Sprintf("%d°F", temp))
}
```

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### Helper Functions

Skip caller frames in helper functions. Similar to what you can do with
`testing.TB().Helper()`.

```go
function startOven(degree int) {
    log.Helper()
    log.Info("Starting oven", "degree", degree)
}

log.SetReportCaller(true)
startOven(400) // INFO <cookies/oven.go:123> Starting oven degree=400
```

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This will use the _caller_ function (`startOven`) line number instead of the
logging function (`log.Info`) to report the source location.

### Standard Log Adapter

Some Go libraries, especially the ones in the standard library, will only accept
the [standard logger][stdlog] interface. For instance, the HTTP Server from
`net/http` will only take a `*log.Logger` for its `ErrorLog` field.

For this, you can use the standard log adapter, which simply wraps the logger in
a `*log.Logger` interface.

```go
logger := log.NewWithOptions(os.Stderr, log.Options{Prefix: "http"})
stdlog := logger.StandardLog(log.StandardLogOptions{
    ForceLevel: log.ErrorLevel,
})
s := &http.Server{
    Addr:     ":8080",
    Handler:  handler,
    ErrorLog: stdlog,
}
stdlog.Printf("Failed to make bake request, %s", fmt.Errorf("temperature is too low"))
// ERROR http: Failed to make bake request, temperature is too low
```

[lipgloss]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss
[stdlog]: https://pkg.go.dev/log

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/charmbracelet/log/raw/master/LICENSE)

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