Logger

Logger is the core type of DD, providing thread-safe logging functionality.

Creation

// Via New
logger, _ := dd.New(dd.DefaultConfig())

// Create with custom config
logger, _ := dd.New(dd.Config{
    Level: dd.LevelInfo,
    Targets: []dd.OutputTarget{
        dd.ConsoleOutput(),
        dd.FileOutput("logs/app.log"),
    },
})

Logging Methods

Basic Logs

Method	Description
Debug(args ...any)	Debug-level log
Info(args ...any)	Info-level log
Warn(args ...any)	Warn-level log
Error(args ...any)	Error-level log
Fatal(args ...any)	Fatal-level log (by default calls os.Exit(1), deferred functions will not run; customizable via FatalHandler)
Log(level LogLevel, args ...any)	Specified-level log

Formatted Logs

Method	Description
Debugf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted Debug
Infof(format string, args ...any)	Formatted Info
Warnf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted Warn
Errorf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted Error
Fatalf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted Fatal (by default calls os.Exit(1), deferred functions will not run; customizable via FatalHandler)
Logf(level LogLevel, format string, args ...any)	Formatted, specified level

Structured Logs

Method	Description
DebugWith(msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured Debug
InfoWith(msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured Info
WarnWith(msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured Warn
ErrorWith(msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured Error
FatalWith(msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured Fatal (by default calls os.Exit(1), deferred functions will not run; customizable via FatalHandler)
LogWith(level LogLevel, msg string, fields ...Field)	Structured, specified level

logger.InfoWith("request completed",
    dd.String("method", "GET"),
    dd.Int("status", 200),
    dd.Duration("elapsed", 100*time.Millisecond),
)

Level Management

level := logger.GetLevel()                    // Get current level
_ = logger.SetLevel(dd.LevelDebug)            // Set level
enabled := logger.IsLevelEnabled(dd.LevelInfo)// Check level

// Shortcut checks
logger.IsDebugEnabled()
logger.IsInfoEnabled()
logger.IsWarnEnabled()
logger.IsErrorEnabled()
logger.IsFatalEnabled()

// Dynamic level resolver
logger.SetLevelResolver(func(ctx context.Context) dd.LogLevel {
    if isDebug {
        return dd.LevelDebug
    }
    return dd.LevelInfo
})
resolver := logger.GetLevelResolver()

Field Chaining

// Preset fields, returns a LoggerEntry
entry := logger.WithFields(
    dd.String("service", "api"),
    dd.Int("version", 2),
)

// Single field
entry := logger.WithField("env", "prod")

Output Target Management

// Add a Writer
_ = logger.AddWriter(os.Stderr)

// Remove a Writer
_ = logger.RemoveWriter(os.Stderr)

// Get the Writer count
count := logger.WriterCount()

// Set the write-error handler
logger.SetWriteErrorHandler(func(w io.Writer, err error) {
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "write failed: %v\n", err)
})

Context Integration

// Add a context extractor
_ = logger.AddContextExtractor(func(ctx context.Context) []dd.Field {
    return []dd.Field{
        dd.String("trace_id", dd.GetTraceID(ctx)),
    }
})

// Replace all extractors
_ = logger.SetContextExtractors(extractor1, extractor2)

// Get the current extractors
extractors := logger.GetContextExtractors()

Hook Management

// Register a hook
_ = logger.AddHook(dd.HookBeforeLog, func(ctx context.Context, hc *dd.HookContext) error {
    // Pre-log processing
    return nil
})

// Replace the hook registry
_ = logger.SetHooks(registry)

// Get the hook registry
hooks := logger.GetHooks()

Sampling Control

// Set sampling config
logger.SetSampling(&dd.SamplingConfig{
    // Sampling parameters
})

// Get sampling config
cfg := logger.GetSampling()

Security Configuration

// Set security config
logger.SetSecurityConfig(dd.DefaultSecurityConfig())

// Get security config
sec := logger.GetSecurityConfig()

Field Validation

// Set field validation
logger.SetFieldValidation(dd.StrictSnakeCaseConfig())

// Get validation config
validation := logger.GetFieldValidation()

Lifecycle

// Flush buffers
_ = logger.Flush()

// Close the logger
_ = logger.Close()

// Graceful shutdown (with timeout)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
defer cancel()
_ = logger.Shutdown(ctx)

// Check whether closed
closed := logger.IsClosed()

// Wait for filter goroutines to finish
ok := logger.WaitForFilterGoroutines(3 * time.Second)
active := logger.ActiveFilterGoroutines()

Debug Output

Method	Description
Print(args ...any)	Output to the configured Writer (LevelInfo, subject to security filtering)
Println(args ...any)	Same behavior as Print (the underlying Log() already appends a newline)
Printf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted output (LevelInfo, subject to security filtering)
JSON(data ...any)	Compact-JSON output to stdout (includes caller info; does not go through security filtering)
JSONF(format string, args ...any)	Formatted compact-JSON output to stdout (includes caller info; does not go through security filtering)
Text(data ...any)	Pretty-printed output to stdout (no caller info; does not go through security filtering)
Textf(format string, args ...any)	Formatted text output to stdout (no caller info; does not go through security filtering)

Next Steps

• LoggerEntry -- Preset-field chaining
• Config -- Config in depth
• Output Targets -- FileWriter in depth