Ruby gem for logging to LogDNA
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* **[Installation](#installation)**
* **[API](#api)**
* **[Development](#development)**
* **[Contributing](#contributing)**
* **[License](#license)**
# Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'logdna'
```
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install logdna
# Quick Setup
After installation, call
logger = Logdna::Ruby.new(your_ingestion_key, options)
=> #
to set up the logger.
Options are optional variables that may contain hostname, app name, mac address, ip address, log level specified.
options = {
:hostname => myHostName
:ip => myIpAddress
:mac => myMacAddress
:app => myAppName
:level => "INFO" # LOG_LEVELS = ['TRACE', 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARN', 'ERROR', 'FATAL'] or your customized log level
}
To send logs, use "log" method.
require 'logdna'
logger = LogDNA::Ruby.new(your_ingestion_key, options)
=> #
logger.log('This is my first log')
=> "Saved" # Saved to buffer. Ready to be flushed automatically
By default, it will log at the level of "INFO" unless you specified otherwise during initialzation of the logger.
You can change a particular message's log level.
logger.log('This is warn message', {:level => "WARN"})
You can also send a metadata with your message by specifying 'meta' field
logger.log('This is a message with metadata', {:meta => {:once => {:first => {"nested1", "nested2"}, "second"}}, :level => "TRACE"})
Hostname and app name cannot be more than 80 characters.
# Important Notes
1. This logger assumes that you pass in json formatted data
2. This logger is a singleton (do not create mutiple instances of the logger) even though the singleton structure is not strongly enforced.
# API
## Logdna::Ruby.new(ingestion_key, options = {})
Instantiates a new instance of the class it is called on. ingestion_key is required.
| Options | Default |
|---------|---------|
|{ :hostname => Host name } | Device's default hostname |
|{ :mac => MAC address } | Nil |
|{ :ip => IP address } | Nil |
|{ :app => App name } | 'default' |
|{ :level => Log level } | 'INFO' |
|{ :flushtime => Log flush interval in seconds } | 0.25 seconds |
|{ :flushbyte => Log flush upper limit in bytes } | 500000 bytes ~= 0.5 megabytes |
Different log level displays log messages in different colors as well.
-  "Trace" "Debug" "Info"
-  "Warn"
-  "Error" "Fatal"
# Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/logdna/ruby.
# License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).