Ama::Logger

This library implements AMA's standardized log format.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'ama_logger', git: 'git@github.com:amaabca/ama_logger'

Usage

A default logger instance that writes to STDOUT is provided via the Ama.logger method:

Ama.logger.info(context: context, event_name: 'log.info', metric_name: 'test', metric_value: 1)

You can override the default logger instance if you wish:

Ama.logger = Ama::Logger.lambda(STDERR, level: Logger::Severity::DEBUG)

The default logger instance is intended for use with AWS Lambda - it requires a context instance (from a Lambda handler) to be passed as well as any additional data.

Formatters

This library includes the following custom log formatters:

Ama::Logger::Formatter::Lambda

This formatter accepts a Ruby hash as a message, an AWS Lambda context instance and outputs a JSON string.

The input hash must look like:

Ama.logger.info(
  context: context,                             # required - the Lambda context instance (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/ruby-context.html)
  event_name: 'log.info',                       # required
  exception: 'ArgumentError - something broke', # optional - indexed
  metric_name: 'error:count',                   # optional - indexed
  metric_value: 1,                              # optional - indexed, coerced to integer
  metric_content: 'error',                      # optional - indexed, coerced to string
  details: { message: 'test' }                  # optional - non-indexed, Hash coerced to string
)

Ama::Logger::Formatter::Json

This formatter accepts a Ruby hash as a message and outputs a JSON string.

The input hash must look like:

Ama.logger.info(
  event_name: 'log.info',                       # required
  event_id: '1234',                             # required - indexed
  event_source: 'my_source',                    # required - indexed
  exception: 'ArgumentError - something broke', # optional - indexed
  metric_name: 'error:count',                   # optional - indexed
  metric_value: 1,                              # optional - indexed, coerced to integer
  metric_content: 'error',                      # optional - indexed, coerced to string
  details: { message: 'test' }                  # optional - non-indexed, Hash coerced to string
)

Ama::Logger::Formatter::StringifiedHash

This formatter accepts string message and outputs a JSON string. The formatter is able to filter sensitive data based on the input provided.

Instances of this formatter accept the following parameters during initialization:

Ama::Logger::Formatter::StringifiedHash.new(
  filters: [:password],  # optional - named parameters that will be filtered from output
  event_name: 'my.event' # optional - mapped to the `eventName` property in JSON output
)

This formatter is commonly used to filter sensitive data from internal Rails logging mechanisms (i.e. ActiveJob).

See below for an example to override the ActiveJob logger:

ActiveJob::Base.logger = Ama::Logger.stringified_hash(
  ActiveJob::Base.logger,
  event_name: 'rails.activejob',
  filters: Rails.configuration.filter_parameters,
  progname: 'gatekeeper'
)

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/amaabca/ama_logger.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.