Crate captains_log

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§captains-log

A light-weight logger for rust, implementation base on the crate log.

§Features

§Usage

Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std", "kv_unstable"] }
captains_log = "0.4"

lib.rs or main.rs:

#[macro_use]
extern crate captains_log;
#[macro_use]
extern crate log;

§Production example

Refer to recipe module for more example.

use log::{debug, info, error};
use captains_log::recipe::split_error_file_logger;

// You'll get /tmp/test.log with all logs, and /tmp/test.log.wf only with error logs.
let mut log_builder = split_error_file_logger("/tmp", "test", log::Level::Debug);
// Builder::build() is equivalent of setup_log().
log_builder.build();

// non-error msg will only appear in /tmp/test.log
debug!("Set a course to Sol system");
info!("Engage");

// will appear in both /tmp/test.log and /tmp/test.log.wf
error!("Engine over heat!");

§Customize format example

use captains_log::*;

fn format_f(r: FormatRecord) -> String {
    let time = r.time();
    let level = r.level();
    let file = r.file();
    let line = r.line();
    let msg = r.msg();
    format!("{time}|{level}|{file}:{line}|{msg}\n").to_string()
}
let debug_format = LogFormat::new(
    "%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S%.6f",
    format_f,
);
let debug_file = LogRawFile::new(
    "/tmp", "test.log", log::Level::Trace, debug_format);
let config = Builder::default()
    .signal(signal_hook::consts::SIGINT)
    .raw_file(debug_file);
config.build();

§Fine-grain module-level control

Place LogFilter in Arc and share among coroutines. Log level can be changed on-the-fly.

use std::sync::Arc;
use captains_log::*;
log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug);
let logger_io = Arc::new(LogFilter::new());
let logger_req = Arc::new(LogFilter::new());
logger_io.set_level(log::Level::Error);
logger_req.set_level(log::Level::Debug);
logger_debug!(logger_req, "Begin handle req ...");
logger_debug!(logger_io, "Issue io to disk ...");
logger_error!(logger_req, "Req invalid ...");

§API-level log handling

Request log can be track by custom key req_id, which kept in LogFilterKV.

use captains_log::*;
use log::*;
fn debug_format_req_id_f(r: FormatRecord) -> String {
    let time = r.time();
    let level = r.level();
    let file = r.file();
    let line = r.line();
    let msg = r.msg();
    let req_id = r.key("req_id");
    format!("[{time}][{level}][{file}:{line}] {msg}{req_id}\n").to_string()
}
let builder = recipe::raw_file_logger_custom("/tmp", "log_filter", log::Level::Debug,
    recipe::DEFAULT_TIME, debug_format_req_id_f);
builder.build().expect("setup_log");
let logger = LogFilterKV::new("req_id", format!("{:016x}", 123).to_string());
info!("API service started");
logger_debug!(logger, "Req / received");
logger_debug!(logger, "header xxx");
logger_info!(logger, "Req / 200 complete");

The log will be:

[2025-06-11 14:33:08.089090][DEBUG][request.rs:67] API service started
[2025-06-11 14:33:10.099092][DEBUG][request.rs:67] Req / received (000000000000007b)
[2025-06-11 14:33:10.099232][WARN][request.rs:68] header xxx (000000000000007b)
[2025-06-11 14:33:11.009092][DEBUG][request.rs:67] Req / 200 complete (000000000000007b)

§Unit test example

To setup different log config on different tests.

Make sure that you call Builder::test() in test cases. which enable dynamic log config and disable signal_hook.


use log::{debug, info, error, Level};
use captains_log::recipe;

#[test]
fn test1() {
    recipe::raw_file_logger(
        "/tmp", "test1.log", Level::Debug).test().build();
    info!("doing test1");
}

#[test]
fn test2() {
    recipe::raw_file_logger(
        "/tmp", "test2.log", Level::Debug).test().build();
    info!("doing test2");
}

§Best practice with tests

We provides proc macro logfn, the following example shows how to combine with rstest.

  • When you have large test suit, you want to know which logs belong to which test case.

  • Sometimes your test crashes, you want to find the responsible test case.

  • The time spend in each test.


use rstest::*;
use log::*;
use captains_log::*;

// A show case that setup() fixture will be called twice, before each test.
// In order make logs available.
#[fixture]
fn setup() {
    let builder = recipe::raw_file_logger("/tmp", "log_rstest", log::Level::Debug).test();
    builder.build().expect("setup_log");
}

#[logfn]
#[rstest(file_size, case(0), case(1))]
fn test_rstest_foo(setup: (), file_size: usize) {
    info!("do something111");
}

#[logfn]
#[rstest]
fn test_rstest_bar(setup: ()) {
    info!("do something222");
}

// NOTE rstest must be at the bottom to make fixture effective
#[tokio::test]
#[logfn]
#[rstest]
async fn test_rstest_async(setup: ()) {
    info!("something333")
}

Notice: the order when combine tokio::test with rstest, #[rstest] attribute must be at the bottom to make setup fixture effective.

After running the test with:

cargo test – –test-threads=1

/tmp/log_rstest.log will have this content:

[2025-07-13 18:22:39.159642][INFO][test_rstest.rs:33] <<< test_rstest_async (setup = ()) enter <<<
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.160255][INFO][test_rstest.rs:37] something333
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.160567][INFO][test_rstest.rs:33] >>> test_rstest_async return () in 564.047µs >>>
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.161299][INFO][test_rstest.rs:26] <<< test_rstest_bar (setup = ()) enter <<<
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.161643][INFO][test_rstest.rs:29] do something222
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.161703][INFO][test_rstest.rs:26] >>> test_rstest_bar return () in 62.681µs >>>
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.162169][INFO][test_rstest.rs:20] <<< test_rstest_foo (setup = (), file_size = 0) enter <<<
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.162525][INFO][test_rstest.rs:23] do something111
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.162600][INFO][test_rstest.rs:20] >>> test_rstest_foo return () in 78.457µs >>>
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.163050][INFO][test_rstest.rs:20] <<< test_rstest_foo (setup = (), file_size = 1) enter <<<
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.163320][INFO][test_rstest.rs:23] do something111
[2025-07-13 18:22:39.163377][INFO][test_rstest.rs:20] >>> test_rstest_foo return () in 58.747µs >>>

Modules§

macros
parser
recipe

Macros§

do_log_filter
log_assert
log_assert_eq
log_debug_assert
log_debug_assert_eq
log_println
logger_assert
logger_assert_eq
logger_debug
logger_debug_assert
logger_debug_assert_eq
logger_error
logger_info
logger_trace
logger_warn

Structs§

Builder
Global config to setup logger See crate::recipe for usage
FormatRecord
LogConsole
LogFilter
A LogFilter supports concurrent control the log level. Use in combine with macros logger_XXX
LogFilterKV
LogFilter that carries one additional value into log format
LogFormat
Custom formatter which adds into a log sink
LogRawFile
Config for file sink that supports atomic append from multiprocess. For log rotation, you need system log-rotate service to notify with signal.

Enums§

ConsoleTarget

Traits§

SinkConfigTrait

Functions§

setup_log
Initialize global logger from Builder

Type Aliases§

FormatFunc

Attribute Macros§

logfn
Provide an proc_macro #[logfn] which log the infomation: