https://github.com/adamliesko/fakelog
Go cmd-line / package for fake and random log data generation
https://github.com/adamliesko/fakelog
fake-data fixtures logging
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Go cmd-line / package for fake and random log data generation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/adamliesko/fakelog
- Owner: adamliesko
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-10-22T10:44:09.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-10-27T20:08:24.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-30T06:39:45.739Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: fake-data, fixtures, logging
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 703 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# fakelog - Fake log generation
[](http://travis-ci.org/adamliesko/fakelog)
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`fakelog` is a package and cmd-line tool for fake and random log
generation. It supports writing the logs to Stdout, files or buffers,
accepting io.WriteCloser interface. Also, support for user defined
functions generating log lines is implemented.
## Installation
```
go get github.com/adamliesko/fakelog
```
## Usage
Generate approximately 1 rps for 5 seconds to STDOUT.
```
$ ./fakelog --rate=2 -duration=5
5.122.23.165 sarah_cooper - [15/10/2017:19:50:31 +0200] "PUT /articles HTTP/1.1" 401 357
154.242.0.43 abrv - [15/10/2017:19:50:31 +0200] "GET /article/5504 HTTP/1.1" 200 4052
99.139.225.19 leet_coder - [15/10/2017:19:50:32 +0200] "GET /article/7982 HTTP/1.1" 301 919
235.105.29.223 grace_hooper - [15/10/2017:19:50:32 +0200] "GET /login HTTP/1.1" 503 16572
29.245.71.97 grace_hooper - [15/10/2017:19:50:33 +0200] "GET /users HTTP/1.1" 500 12429
89.246.77.246 sarah_cooper - [15/10/2017:19:50:33 +0200] "GET /articles HTTP/1.1" 403 9786
111.86.180.40 leet_coder - [15/10/2017:19:50:34 +0200] "PATCH /popular HTTP/1.1" 301 23116
30.192.115.4 leet_coder - [15/10/2017:19:50:34 +0200] "DELETE /article/323 HTTP/1.1" 401 6303
229.146.184.20 leet_coder - [15/10/2017:19:50:35 +0200] "GET /popular HTTP/1.1" 200 25138
12.48.221.25 john_doe - [15/10/2017:19:50:35 +0200] "PUT /articles HTTP/1.1" 200 7602
```
Generate infinite number of log lines into a file, with the default rate of requests using apache combined format.
```
$ ./fakelog -format=combined -path=apache.log
```
Providing custom function generating log lines.
```
import (
"time"
"github.com/adamliesko/fakelog/generator"
)
logFn := func() string { return time.Now().String() + " hey" }
fl := fakelog.Logger(logFn, os.Stdout, 200)
fl.GenerateLogs()
Output:
2017-10-17 21:05:56.026488 +0200 CEST hey
2017-10-17 21:05:56.032415 +0200 CEST hey
2017-10-17 21:05:56.039889 +0200 CEST hey
...
```
## Help
```
$ fakelog -h
Usage of ./fakelog:
-duration int
duration [s] to produce logs, 0 is inf
-format string
log format (default "common")
-path string
path to the log file (default os.Stdout)
-rate int
approximate rate of requests per second, max of [rate, 10^6] (default 50)
```