Updated logger docs

Signed-off-by: Vishal Rana <vr@labstack.com>

db/model.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type (
 	// Request defines the data to be logged by logger middleware.
 	Request struct {
 		// ID string `json:"id,omitempty"` (Request ID - Not implemented)
-		Time         time.Time         `json:"time,omitempty"`
+		Time         *time.Time        `json:"time,omitempty"` // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32643815/golang-json-omitempty-with-time-time-field
 		RemoteIP     string            `json:"remote_ip,omitempty"`
 		URI          string            `json:"uri,omitempty"`
 		Host         string            `json:"host,omitempty"`
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ type (
 		Status       int               `json:"status,omitempty"`
 		Latency      time.Duration     `json:"latency,omitempty"`
 		LatencyHuman string            `json:"latency_human,omitempty"`
-		BytesIn      int64             `json:"bytes_in"`
+		BytesIn      int64             `json:"bytes_in"`  // Allow 0 value
-		BytesOut     int64             `json:"bytes_out"`
+		BytesOut     int64             `json:"bytes_out"` // As aboves
 		Header       map[string]string `json:"header,omitempty"`
 		Form         map[string]string `json:"form,omitempty"`
 		Query        map[string]string `json:"query,omitempty"`

middleware/logger.go

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ type (
 
 		// Availabe logger fields:
 		//
-		// - time_unix
+		// - time
-		// - time_rfc3339
 		// - id (Request ID - Not implemented)
 		// - remote_ip
 		// - uri
@@ -121,7 +120,8 @@ func LoggerWithConfig(config LoggerConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 			for _, f := range config.Fields {
 				switch f {
 				case "time":
-					request.Time = time.Now()
+					t := time.Now()
+					request.Time = &t
 				case "remote_ip":
 					request.RemoteIP = c.RealIP()
 				case "host":

website/content/middleware/logger.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Logger middleware logs the information about each HTTP request.
 *Sample Output*
 
 ```js
-{"time":"2016-05-10T07:02:25-07:00","remote_ip":"::1","method":"GET","uri":"/","status":200, "latency":55653,"latency_human":"55.653µs","rx_bytes":0,"tx_bytes":13}
+{"time":"2017-01-11T19:58:51.322299983-08:00","remote_ip":"::1","uri":"/","host":"localhost:1323","method":"GET","status":200,"latency":10667,"latency_human":"10.667µs","bytes_in":0,"bytes_out":2}
 ```
 
 ## Custom Configuration
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Logger middleware logs the information about each HTTP request.
 ```go
 e := echo.New()
 e.Use(middleware.LoggerWithConfig(middleware.LoggerConfig{
-  Format: "method=${method}, uri=${uri}, status=${status}\n",
+  Fields: []string{"method", "uri", "status"},
 }))
 ```
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Example above uses a `Format` which logs request method and request URI.
 *Sample Output*
 
 ```sh
-method=GET, uri=/hello, status=200
+{"uri":"/","method":"GET","status":200,"bytes_in":0,"bytes_out":0}
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ LoggerConfig struct {
   // Skipper defines a function to skip middleware.
   Skipper Skipper
 
-  // Log format which can be constructed using the following tags:
+  // Availabe logger fields:
   //
-  // - time_rfc3339
+  // - time
   // - id (Request ID - Not implemented)
   // - remote_ip
   // - uri
@@ -57,22 +57,20 @@ LoggerConfig struct {
   // - referer
   // - user_agent
   // - status
-  // - latency (In microseconds)
+  // - latency (In nanosecond)
   // - latency_human (Human readable)
   // - bytes_in (Bytes received)
   // - bytes_out (Bytes sent)
   // - header:<name>
   // - query:<name>
   // - form:<name>
-  //
-  // Example "${remote_ip} ${status}"
-  //
-  // Optional. Default value DefaultLoggerConfig.Format.
-  Format string `json:"format"`
 
-  // Output is a writer where logs are written.
+  // Optional. Default value DefaultLoggerConfig.Fields.
-  // Optional. Default value os.Stdout.
+  Fields []string `json:"fields"`
-  Output io.Writer
+
+  // Output is where logs are written.
+  // Optional. Default value &Stream{os.Stdout}.
+  Output db.Logger
 }
 ```
 
@@ -81,10 +79,18 @@ LoggerConfig struct {
 ```go
 DefaultLoggerConfig = LoggerConfig{
   Skipper: defaultSkipper,
-  Format: `{"time":"${time_rfc3339}","remote_ip":"${remote_ip}",` +
+  Fields: []string{
-    `"method":"${method}","uri":"${uri}","status":${status}, "latency":${latency},` +
+    "time",
-    `"latency_human":"${latency_human}","bytes_in":${bytes_in},` +
+    "remote_ip",
-    `"bytes_out":${bytes_out}}` + "\n",
+    "host",
-  Output: os.Stdout,
+    "method",
+    "uri",
+    "status",
+    "latency",
+    "latency_human",
+    "bytes_in",
+    "bytes_out",
+  },
+  Output: &Stream{os.Stdout},
 }
 ```