https://github.com/mrz1836/go-logger
🔍 Easy to use, extendable and super fast logging package for Go
https://github.com/mrz1836/go-logger
golang gomod gomodule logentries logger logger-middleware logging
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🔍 Easy to use, extendable and super fast logging package for Go
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mrz1836/go-logger
- Owner: mrz1836
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-06-17T15:39:07.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-29T20:16:21.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-30T08:44:34.657Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: golang, gomod, gomodule, logentries, logger, logger-middleware, logging
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.53 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
- Security: .github/SECURITY.md
- Support: .github/SUPPORT.md
- Agents: .github/AGENTS.md
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# go-logger
> Easy to use, extendable and superfast logging package for Go
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## Table of Contents
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Examples & Tests](#examples--tests)
- [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
- [Code Standards](#code-standards)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Maintainers](#maintainers)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
## Installation
**go-logger** requires a [supported release of Go](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html#policy).
```shell script
go get -u github.com/mrz1836/go-logger
```
For use with [Log Entries (Rapid7)](https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightops/), change the environment variables:
```shell script
export LOG_ENTRIES_TOKEN=your-token-here
```
_(Optional)_ Set custom endpoint or port parameters
```shell script
export LOG_ENTRIES_ENDPOINT=us.data.logs.insight.rapid7.com
export LOG_ENTRIES_PORT=514
```
## Documentation
View the generated [documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/mrz1836/go-logger)
[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/mrz1836/go-logger)
### Features
- Native logging package (extends log package)
- Native support for [Log Entries (Rapid7)](https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightops/) with queueing
- Test coverage on all custom methods
- Supports different Rapid7 endpoints & ports
Library Deployment
[goreleaser](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser) for easy binary or library deployment to GitHub and can be installed via: `brew install goreleaser`.
The [.goreleaser.yml](.goreleaser.yml) file is used to configure [goreleaser](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser).
Use `make release-snap` to create a snapshot version of the release, and finally `make release` to ship to production.
Makefile Commands
View all `makefile` commands
```shell script
make help
```
List of all current commands:
```text
all Runs multiple commands
clean Remove previous builds and any test cache data
clean-mods Remove all the Go mod cache
coverage Shows the test coverage
godocs Sync the latest tag with GoDocs
help Show this help message
install Install the application
install-go Install the application (Using Native Go)
lint Run the golangci-lint application (install if not found)
release Full production release (creates release in Github)
release Runs common.release then runs godocs
release-snap Test the full release (build binaries)
release-test Full production test release (everything except deploy)
replace-version Replaces the version in HTML/JS (pre-deploy)
run-examples Runs all the examples
tag Generate a new tag and push (tag version=0.0.0)
tag-remove Remove a tag if found (tag-remove version=0.0.0)
tag-update Update an existing tag to current commit (tag-update version=0.0.0)
test Runs vet, lint and ALL tests
test-ci Runs all tests via CI (exports coverage)
test-ci-no-race Runs all tests via CI (no race) (exports coverage)
test-ci-short Runs unit tests via CI (exports coverage)
test-short Runs vet, lint and tests (excludes integration tests)
uninstall Uninstall the application (and remove files)
update-linter Update the golangci-lint package (macOS only)
vet Run the Go vet application
```
## Examples & Tests
All unit tests and [examples](examples) run via [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/mrz1836/go-logger/actions) and
uses [Go version 1.17.x](https://golang.org/doc/go1.17). View the [configuration file](.github/workflows/run-tests.yml).
Run all tests (including integration tests)
```shell script
make test
```
Run tests (excluding integration tests)
```shell script
make test-short
```
## Benchmarks
Run the Go [benchmarks](logger_test.go):
```shell script
make bench
```
## Code Standards
Read more about this Go project's [code standards](.github/CODE_STANDARDS.md).
## Usage
- View the [examples](examples/examples.go)
- View the [tests](logger_test.go)
Basic implementation:
```go
package main
import "github.com/mrz1836/go-logger"
func main() {
logger.Data(2, logger.DEBUG, "testing the go-logger package")
// Output: type="debug" file="example/example.go" method="main.main" line="12" message="testing the go-logger package"
}
```
## Maintainers
| [
](https://github.com/mrz1836) | [
](https://github.com/kayleg) |
|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
| [MrZ](https://github.com/mrz1836) | [kayleg](https://github.com/kayleg) |
## Contributing
View the [contributing guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) and please follow the [code of conduct](.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
### How can I help?
All kinds of contributions are welcome :raised_hands:!
The most basic way to show your support is to star :star2: the project, or to raise issues :speech_balloon:.
You can also support this project by [becoming a sponsor on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/mrz1836) :clap:
or by making a [**bitcoin donation**](https://mrz1818.com/?tab=tips&af=go-logger) to ensure this journey continues indefinitely! :rocket:
## License
[](LICENSE)