| name | github.com/n-r-w/ctxlog guidelines |
| description | Guidelines and examples for using the ctxlog logging package. |
- Import path: `github.com/n-r-w/ctxlog`.
- Primary workflow:
- Parse log level from environment variable or config: `ctxlog.ParseLogLevel()`
- Create a logger once (app startup, request entrypoint, job runner) and store it in a context
- Log everywhere via context-based helpers: `ctxlog.Debug/Info/Warn/Error(ctx, msg, ...)`
- Enrich the context logger when you need extra fields: `ctx = ctxlog.With(ctx, ...)`
- Group related fields: `ctx = ctxlog.WithGroup(ctx, "group")`
- Passing structured fields:
- You can pass key/value pairs: `"user_id", "12345"`
- You can pass `slog.Attr` values: `slog.String("host", "localhost")`
- When passing key/value pairs, the number of arguments must be even (key-value-key-value...)
- Optional: extract the logger from context for direct usage: `logger := ctxlog.FromContext(ctx)`
- For external dependencies that should not depend on the concrete logger type, use `ctxlog.ILogger` via `ctxlog.NewWrapper()` (real) or `ctxlog.NewStubWrapper()` (no-op)
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"log/slog"
"github.com/n-r-w/ctxlog"
)
func main() {
// Parse level from environment variable
// (here we hardcode it for demonstration)
level, err := ctxlog.ParseLogLevel("DEBUG")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// create context with logger
ctx := ctxlog.MustContext(
context.Background(),
ctxlog.WithName("myapp"),
ctxlog.WithLevel(level),
)
// simple format (key/value pairs)
ctxlog.Info(ctx, "starting application", "version", "1.0.0")
// slog attr fields
ctxlog.Debug(ctx, "connecting to database",
slog.String("host", "localhost"),
slog.Int("port", 5432),
)
// enrich context with more fields
ctx = ctxlog.WithGroup(ctx, "database")
ctx = ctxlog.With(ctx, "user_id", "12345", "ip", "192.168.1.1")
ctxlog.Error(ctx, "some error occurred")
// extract logger from context for direct usage
logger := ctxlog.FromContext(ctx)
logger.Warn(ctx, "direct usage of logger")
}
```
</example>