gabime/spdlog

Source: https://github.com/gabime/spdlog

spdlog

Fast C++ logging library

Install

Header-only version

Copy the include folder to your build tree and use a C++11 compiler.

Compiled version (recommended - much faster compile times)

$ git clone https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git
$ cd spdlog && mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && cmake --build .

see example CMakeLists.txt on how to use.

Platforms

• Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, AIX
• Windows (msvc 2013+, cygwin)
• macOS (clang 3.5+)
• Android

Package managers:

• Debian: sudo apt install libspdlog-dev
• Homebrew: brew install spdlog
• MacPorts: sudo port install spdlog
• FreeBSD: pkg install spdlog
• Fedora: dnf install spdlog
• Gentoo: emerge dev-libs/spdlog
• Arch Linux: pacman -S spdlog
• openSUSE: sudo zypper in spdlog-devel
• ALT Linux: apt-get install libspdlog-devel
• vcpkg: vcpkg install spdlog
• conan: conan install --requires=spdlog/[*]
• conda: conda install -c conda-forge spdlog
• build2: depends: spdlog ^1.8.2

Features

• Very fast (see benchmarks below).
• Headers only or compiled
• Feature-rich formatting, using the excellent fmt library.
• Asynchronous mode (optional)
• Custom formatting.
• Multi/Single threaded loggers.
• Various log targets:
  • Rotating log files.
  • Daily log files.
  • Console logging (colors supported).
  • syslog.
  • Windows event log.
  • Windows debugger (OutputDebugString(..)).
  • Log to Qt widgets (example).
  • Easily extendable with custom log targets.
• Log filtering - log levels can be modified at runtime as well as compile time.
• Support for loading log levels from argv or environment var.
• Backtrace support - store debug messages in a ring buffer and display them later on demand.

Usage samples

Basic usage

#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"

int main() 
{
    spdlog::info("Welcome to spdlog!");
    spdlog::error("Some error message with arg: {}", 1);
    
    spdlog::warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
    spdlog::critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
    spdlog::info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
    spdlog::info("Positional args are {1} {0}..", "too", "supported");
    spdlog::info("{:<30}", "left aligned");
    
    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::debug); // Set *global* log level to debug
    spdlog::debug("This message should be displayed..");    
    
    // change log pattern
    spdlog::set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S %z] [%n] [%^---%L---%$] [thread %t] %v");
    
    // Compile time log levels
    // Note that this does not change the current log level, it will only
    // remove (depending on SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL) the call on the release code.
    SPDLOG_TRACE("Some trace message with param {}", 42);
    SPDLOG_DEBUG("Some debug message");
}

Basic file logger

#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
void basic_logfile_example()
{
    try 
    {
        auto logger = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("basic_logger", "logs/basic-log.txt");
    }
    catch (const spdlog::spdlog_ex &ex)
    {
        std::cout << "Log init failed: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
    }
}

Daily files

#include "spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h"
void daily_example()
{
    // Create a daily logger - a new file is created every day at 2:30 am
    auto logger = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_logger", "logs/daily.txt", 2, 30);
}

Periodic flush

// periodically flush all *registered* loggers every 3 seconds:
// warning: only use if all your loggers are thread-safe ("_mt" loggers)
spdlog::flush_every(std::chrono::seconds(3));

Log binary data in hex

// many types of std::container<char> types can be used.
// ranges are supported too.
// format flags:
// {:X} - print in uppercase.
// {:s} - don't separate each byte with space.
// {:p} - don't print the position on each line start.
// {:n} - don't split the output into lines.
// {:a} - show ASCII if :n is not set.

#include "spdlog/fmt/bin_to_hex.h"

void binary_example()
{
    auto console = spdlog::get("console");
    std::array<char, 80> buf;
    console->info("Binary example: {}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
    console->info("Another binary example:{:n}", spdlog::to_hex(std::begin(buf), std::begin(buf) + 10));
    // more examples:
    // logger->info("uppercase: {:X}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
    // logger->info("uppercase, no delimiters: {:Xs}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
    // logger->info("uppercase, no delimiters, no position info: {:Xsp}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
}

Register several loggers - change global level

// Creation of loggers. Set levels to all registered loggers. 
void set_level_example()
{
    auto logger1 = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("logger1", "logs/logger1.txt");
    auto logger2 = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("logger2", "logs/logger2.txt");

    spdlog::set_default_logger(logger2);
    spdlog::default_logger()->set_level(spdlog::level::trace); // set level for the default logger (logger2) to trace

    spdlog::trace("trace message to the logger2 (specified as default)");

    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::off) // (sic!) set level for *all* registered loggers to off (disable)
  
    logger1.warn("warn message will not appear because the level set to off");
    logger2.warn("warn message will not appear because the level set to off");
    spdlog::warn("warn message will not appear because the level set to off");
}

Asynchronous logging

#include "spdlog/async.h"
#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
void async_example()
{
    // default thread pool settings can be modified *before* creating the async logger:
    // spdlog::init_thread_pool(8192, 1); // queue with 8k items and 1 backing thread.
    auto async_file = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
    // alternatively:
    // auto async_file = spdlog::create_async<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");   
}

User-defined types

template<>
struct fmt::formatter<my_type> : fmt::formatter<std::string>
{
    auto format(my_type my, format_context &ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.out())
    {
        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "[my_type i={}]", my.i);
    }
};

void user_defined_example()
{
    spdlog::info("user defined type: {}", my_type(14));
}

Custom error handler

void err_handler_example()
{
    // can be set globally or per logger(logger->set_error_handler(..))
    spdlog::set_error_handler([](const std::string &msg) { spdlog::get("console")->error("*** LOGGER ERROR ***: {}", msg); });
    spdlog::get("console")->info("some invalid message to trigger an error {}{}{}{}", 3);
}

Android example

#include "spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h"
void android_example()
{
    std::string tag = "spdlog-android";
    auto android_logger = spdlog::android_logger_mt("android", tag);
    android_logger->critical("Use \"adb shell logcat\" to view this message.");
}

Log file open/close event handlers

// You can get callbacks from spdlog before/after a log file has been opened or closed. 
// This is useful for cleanup procedures or for adding something to the start/end of the log file.
void file_events_example()
{
    // pass the spdlog::file_event_handlers to file sinks for open/close log file notifications
    spdlog::file_event_handlers handlers;
    handlers.before_open = [](spdlog::filename_t filename) { spdlog::info("Before opening {}", filename); };
    handlers.after_open = [](spdlog::filename_t filename, std::FILE *fstream) { fputs("After opening\n", fstream); };
    handlers.before_close = [](spdlog::filename_t filename, std::FILE *fstream) { fputs("Before closing\n", fstream); };
    handlers.after_close = [](spdlog::filename_t filename) { spdlog::info("After closing {}", filename); };
    auto my_logger = spdlog::basic_logger_st("some_logger", "logs/events-sample.txt", true, handlers);        
}

Log to Qt with nice colors

#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
#include "spdlog/sinks/qt_sinks.h"
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
{
    setMinimumSize(640, 480);
    auto log_widget = new QTextEdit(this);
    setCentralWidget(log_widget);
    int max_lines = 500; // keep the text widget to max 500 lines. remove old lines if needed.
    auto logger = spdlog::qt_color_logger_mt("qt_logger", log_widget, max_lines);
    logger->info("Some info message");
}

Mapped Diagnostic Context

// Mapped Diagnostic Context (MDC) is a map that stores key-value pairs (string values) in thread local storage.
// Each thread maintains its own MDC, which loggers use to append diagnostic information to log outputs.
// Note: it is not supported in asynchronous mode due to its reliance on thread-local storage.
#include "spdlog/mdc.h"
void mdc_example()
{
    spdlog::mdc::put("key1", "value1");
    spdlog::mdc::put("key2", "value2");
    // if not using the default format, use the %& formatter to print mdc data
    // spdlog::set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S %z] [%^%L%$] [%&] %v");
}

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