Enhancing Logging with Structured Format

[Yinebeb Tariku]

Hello,

The current logging package uses plain text, which limits automated analysis and integration with log aggregation tools. Would it be possible to update it to support structured formats like JSON for better debugging and monitoring?

Any thoughts or plans on this would be appreciated.

Yinebeb T.

[Gene]

It's not a bad idea per se, it's just a lot of work. We did consider switching logging to https://github.com/go-kit/log or https://github.com/sirupsen/logrus

Do you want to do it?

[Yinebeb Tariku]

of course I can; what about uber-go/zap logger https://github.com/uber-go/zap; which one do you prefer?

[Gene]

https://github.com/rs/zerolog supposedly even faster.

[Yinebeb Tariku]

Yes, do in depth analysis and let us discuss on the next steps.

[Gene]

I've created a tracking issue https://github.com/tinode/chat/issues/933

We can continue the conversation there.