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Web Service Integration ​

This example shows how to integrate DD into an HTTP web service for request logging, tracing, error handling, and graceful shutdown.

Basic Integration ​

go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/cybergodev/dd"
)

func main() {
	// Initialize the logger
	cfg := dd.DefaultConfig()
	cfg.Format = dd.FormatJSON
	cfg.Targets = []dd.OutputTarget{
		dd.ConsoleOutput(),
		dd.FileOutput("logs/app.json"),
	}
	logger, err := dd.New(cfg)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer logger.Close()

	// Set the global logger
	dd.SetDefault(logger)

	mux := http.NewServeMux()
	mux.HandleFunc("/api/users", usersHandler)
	mux.HandleFunc("/api/orders", ordersHandler)

	server := &http.Server{Addr: ":8080", Handler: mux}

	logger.InfoWith("server started", dd.String("addr", ":8080"))
	if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
		logger.ErrorWith("server exited abnormally", dd.Err(err))
	}
}

// usersHandler example handler
func usersHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	dd.Default().InfoWith("handle users request", dd.String("path", r.URL.Path))
	fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"ok"}`)
}

// ordersHandler example handler
func ordersHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	dd.Default().InfoWith("handle orders request", dd.String("path", r.URL.Path))
	fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"ok"}`)
}

HTTP Middleware ​

go
func LoggingMiddleware(logger *dd.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
    return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
        return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
            start := time.Now()
            requestID := r.Header.Get("X-Request-ID")
            if requestID == "" {
                requestID = generateRequestID()
            }

            // Request-scoped logging
            reqLog := logger.WithFields(
                dd.String("request_id", requestID),
                dd.String("method", r.Method),
                dd.String("path", r.URL.Path),
                dd.String("remote_addr", r.RemoteAddr),
            )

            reqLog.Info("request started")

            // Wrap ResponseWriter to capture the status code
            wrapped := &responseWriter{ResponseWriter: w, status: 200}
            next.ServeHTTP(wrapped, r)

            reqLog.InfoWith("request completed",
                dd.Int("status", wrapped.status),
                dd.Duration("elapsed", time.Since(start)),
            )
        })
    }
}

type responseWriter struct {
    http.ResponseWriter
    status int
}

func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
    rw.status = code
    rw.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
}

Service-Layered Logging ​

go
type UserService struct {
    log *dd.LoggerEntry
    db  *sql.DB
}

func NewUserService(logger *dd.Logger, db *sql.DB) *UserService {
    return &UserService{
        log: logger.WithFields(dd.String("component", "user_service")),
        db:  db,
    }
}

func (s *UserService) GetUser(ctx context.Context, id string) (*User, error) {
    s.log.InfoWith("query user", dd.String("user_id", id))

    user, err := s.queryUser(ctx, id)
    if err != nil {
        s.log.ErrorWith("query user failed",
            dd.String("user_id", id),
            dd.Err(err),
        )
        return nil, err
    }

    return user, nil
}

type OrderService struct {
    log *dd.LoggerEntry
}

func NewOrderService(logger *dd.Logger) *OrderService {
    return &OrderService{
        log: logger.WithFields(dd.String("component", "order_service")),
    }
}

Graceful Shutdown ​

go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
	"time"

	"github.com/cybergodev/dd"
)

func main() {
	cfg := dd.DefaultConfig()
	cfg.Format = dd.FormatJSON
	cfg.Targets = []dd.OutputTarget{
		dd.ConsoleOutput(),
		dd.FileOutput("logs/app.json"),
	}
	logger, _ := dd.New(cfg)

	server := &http.Server{Addr: ":8080"}

	// Listen for shutdown signals
	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(quit, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)

	go func() {
		logger.InfoWith("server started", dd.String("addr", ":8080"))
		if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != http.ErrServerClosed {
			logger.ErrorWith("server error", dd.Err(err))
		}
	}()

	<-quit
	logger.Info("shutting down server...")

	// Graceful shutdown of the HTTP server
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
	defer cancel()

	if err := server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
		logger.ErrorWith("server shutdown failed", dd.Err(err))
	}

	// Graceful shutdown of the logger
	logger.Info("server stopped")
	logCtx, logCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
	defer logCancel()
	logger.Shutdown(logCtx)
}

Complete Example ​

go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
	"time"

	"github.com/cybergodev/dd"
)

// LoggingMiddleware request-logging middleware
func LoggingMiddleware(logger *dd.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
			start := time.Now()
			logger.InfoWith("request started",
				dd.String("method", r.Method),
				dd.String("path", r.URL.Path),
			)
			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
			logger.InfoWith("request completed",
				dd.String("method", r.Method),
				dd.String("path", r.URL.Path),
				dd.Duration("elapsed", time.Since(start)),
			)
		})
	}
}

func main() {
	cfg := dd.DefaultConfig()
	cfg.Format = dd.FormatJSON
	cfg.Security = dd.DefaultSecurityConfig()
	cfg.Targets = []dd.OutputTarget{
		dd.ConsoleOutput(),
		dd.FileOutput("logs/app.json"),
	}
	logger, err := dd.New(cfg)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	dd.SetDefault(logger)

	mux := http.NewServeMux()
	mux.HandleFunc("/api/users", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		reqLog := logger.WithFields(
			dd.String("method", r.Method),
			dd.String("path", r.URL.Path),
		)
		reqLog.Info("handle users request")

		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"ok"}`)
	})

	server := &http.Server{
		Addr:    ":8080",
		Handler: LoggingMiddleware(logger)(mux),
	}

	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(quit, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)

	go func() {
		logger.InfoWith("server started", dd.String("addr", ":8080"))
		if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != http.ErrServerClosed {
			logger.ErrorWith("server error", dd.Err(err))
		}
	}()

	<-quit
	logger.Info("shutting down...")

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	server.Shutdown(ctx)

	logCtx, logCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
	defer logCancel()
	logger.Shutdown(logCtx)
}

Next Steps ​