example_test.go

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package zap_test

import (
	"time"

	"github.com/uber-go/zap"
)

func Example() {
	// Log in JSON, using zap's reflection-free JSON encoder.
	// The default options will log any Info or higher logs to standard out.
	logger := zap.NewJSON()
	// For repeatable tests, pretend that it's always 1970.
	logger.StubTime()

	logger.Warn("Log without structured data...")
	logger.Warn(
		"Or use strongly-typed wrappers to add structured context.",
		zap.String("library", "zap"),
		zap.Duration("latency", time.Nanosecond),
	)

	// Avoid re-serializing the same data repeatedly by creating a child logger
	// with some attached context. That context is added to all the child's
	// log output, but doesn't affect the parent.
	child := logger.With(zap.String("user", "jane@test.com"), zap.Int("visits", 42))
	child.Error("Oh no!")

	// Output:
	// {"msg":"Log without structured data...","level":"warn","ts":0,"fields":{}}
	// {"msg":"Or use strongly-typed wrappers to add structured context.","level":"warn","ts":0,"fields":{"library":"zap","latency":1}}
	// {"msg":"Oh no!","level":"error","ts":0,"fields":{"user":"jane@test.com","visits":42}}
}

func ExampleNest() {
	logger := zap.NewJSON()
	// Stub the current time in tests.
	logger.StubTime()

	// We'd like the logging context to be {"outer":{"inner":42}}
	nest := zap.Nest("outer", zap.Int("inner", 42))
	logger.Info("Logging a nested field.", nest)

	// Output:
	// {"msg":"Logging a nested field.","level":"info","ts":0,"fields":{"outer":{"inner":42}}}
}

func ExampleNewJSON() {
	// The default logger outputs to standard out and only writes logs that are
	// Info level or higher.
	logger := zap.NewJSON()
	// Stub the current time in tests.
	logger.StubTime()

	// The default logger does not print Debug logs.
	logger.Debug("This won't be printed.")
	logger.Info("This is an info log.")

	// Output:
	// {"msg":"This is an info log.","level":"info","ts":0,"fields":{}}
}

func ExampleNewJSON_options() {
	// We can pass multiple options to the NewJSON method to configure
	// the logging level, output location, or even the initial context.
	logger := zap.NewJSON(
		zap.DebugLevel,
		zap.Fields(zap.Int("count", 1)),
	)
	// Stub the current time in tests.
	logger.StubTime()

	logger.Debug("This is a debug log.")
	logger.Info("This is an info log.")

	// Output:
	// {"msg":"This is a debug log.","level":"debug","ts":0,"fields":{"count":1}}
	// {"msg":"This is an info log.","level":"info","ts":0,"fields":{"count":1}}
}

func ExampleCheckedMessage() {
	logger := zap.NewJSON()
	// Stub the current time in tests.
	logger.StubTime()

	// By default, the debug logging level is disabled. However, calls to
	// logger.Debug will still allocate a slice to hold any passed fields.
	// Particularly performance-sensitive applications can avoid paying this
	// penalty by using checked messages.
	if cm := logger.Check(zap.DebugLevel, "This is a debug log."); cm.OK() {
		// Debug-level logging is disabled, so we won't get here.
		cm.Write(zap.Int("foo", 42), zap.Stack())
	}

	if cm := logger.Check(zap.InfoLevel, "This is an info log."); cm.OK() {
		// Since info-level logging is enabled, we expect to write out this message.
		cm.Write()
	}

	// Output:
	// {"msg":"This is an info log.","level":"info","ts":0,"fields":{}}
}