How to implement conditional logging based on runtime configuration in Go?

To implement conditional logging based on runtime configuration in Go, you can follow these steps:

  1. Define a struct to hold the logging configuration parameters. For example:
type LoggingConfig struct { LogLevel string `json:"logLevel"` LogEnabled bool `json:"logEnabled"` }
  1. Load the logging configuration from a configuration file or any other source at runtime. For example:
func loadLoggingConfig() (LoggingConfig, error) { // Load the configuration file or any other source configData, err := ioutil.ReadFile("config.json") if err != nil { return LoggingConfig{}, err } var config LoggingConfig err = json.Unmarshal(configData, &config) if err != nil { return LoggingConfig{}, err } return config, nil }
  1. Create a logger instance using a logging library of your choice, such as logrus or zap. For example:
import ( // Import the logging library of your choice "github.com/sirupsen/logrus" ) func createLogger() (*logrus.Entry, error) { // Create a new logger instance logger := logrus.New() // Set logger options as per your requirements logger.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{ DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: true, }) // Return a logger instance return logger, nil }
  1. Add a conditional check using the runtime logging configuration to determine whether to log a message. For example:
func main() { // Load the logging configuration config, err := loadLoggingConfig() if err != nil { panic(err) } // Create a logger logger, err := createLogger() if err != nil { panic(err) } // Log a message conditionally if config.LogEnabled { switch config.LogLevel { case "info": logger.Info("This is an informational message") case "debug": logger.Debug("This is a debug message") case "warning": logger.Warn("This is a warning message") case "error": logger.Error("This is an error message") } } // Rest of your code ... }

By following these steps, you can implement conditional logging in Go based on the runtime configuration.