Introduction

This package contains a ready to use hook for thelogrus logging package that will collect and send logs to datadog via the http intake. It will batch logs up on a timer or to the maximum amount per request before sending to datadog, Which ever is sooner.

It also modifies the log format to ensure that datadog can properly read the message attribute.

It allows for the basic service, hostname and source datadog tags to be provided as well as any custom global tags you want to add via a map[string]string.

Installing the module

> go get github.com/GlobalFreightSolutions/logrus-datadog-hook

Using the Module

package main

import (
  "time"

  datadog "github.com/GlobalFreightSolutions/logrus-datadog-hook"
  "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)

func main() {
  apiKey := "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
  options := &datadog.Options{
    ApiKey: &apiKey
  }
  hook, err := datadog.New(options)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }

  logger := logrus.New()
  logger.AddHook(hook)
  
  // This ensures that the logger exits gracefully and all buffered logs are sent before closing down
	logrus.DeferExitHandler(hook.Close)

  for {
    logger.Info("This is a log sent to datadog")
    time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
  }
}