Logrus formatter mainly based on original logrus.TextFormatter but with slightly modified colored output and support for log entry prefixes, e.g. message source followed by a colon.

Just like with the original logrus.TextFormatter when a TTY is not attached, the output is compatible with the logfmt format:

time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=debug msg="Started observing beach" animal=walrus number=8
time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=info msg="A group of walrus emerges from the ocean" animal=walrus size=10
time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=warning msg="The group's number increased tremendously!" number=122 omg=true
time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=debug msg="Temperature changes" temperature=-4
time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=panic msg="It's over 9000!" animal=orca size=9009
time="Oct 27 00:44:26" level=fatal msg="The ice breaks!" number=100 omg=true
exit status 1

To install formatter, use go get:

$ go get github.com/x-cray/logrus-prefixed-formatter

Here is how it should be used:

package main

import (
	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
	prefixed "github.com/x-cray/logrus-prefixed-formatter"
)

var log = logrus.New()

func init() {
	log.Formatter = new(prefixed.TextFormatter)
	log.Level = logrus.DebugLevel
}

func main() {
	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
		"prefix": "main",
		"animal": "walrus",
		"number": 8,
	}).Debug("Started observing beach")

	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
		"prefix":      "sensor",
		"temperature": -4,
	}).Info("Temperature changes")
}

prefixed.TextFormatter exposes the following fields:

• ForceColors bool — set to true to bypass checking for a TTY before outputting colors.
• DisableColors bool — force disabling colors.
• DisableTimestamp bool — disable timestamp logging. useful when output is redirected to logging system that already adds timestamps.
• ShortTimestamp bool — enable logging of just the time passed since beginning of execution.
• TimestampFormat string — timestamp format to use for display when a full timestamp is printed.
• DisableSorting bool — the fields are sorted by default for a consistent output. For applications that log extremely frequently and don't use the JSON formatter this may not be desired.

MIT