Astor.Logging

Home for a minimalistic alternative to the JsonConsole logger.

logging.AddMiniJsonConsole();

logger.LogInformation("We have a guest {name} {age}", "Egor", 27);
// Output: {"name":"Egor","age":27}

Installation

dotnet add package Astor.Logging

Comparison

Here's what you get with Microsoft's JsonConsole logger:

{
    "EventId": 0,  // omitted by default in MiniJsonConsole
    "LogLevel": "Warning",  // omitted by default in MiniJsonConsole
    "Category": "Astor.Logging.Tests.MiniJsonConsoleLoggerShould", // omitted by default in MiniJsonConsole
    "Message": "Egor 27 { Category = board games, Favorite = resistance }", // Redundant calculated value #1
    "State": {
        "Message": "Egor 27 { Category = board games, Favorite = resistance }", // Redundant calculated value #2
        "name": "Egor",
        "age": 27,
        "hobby": "{ Category = board games, Favorite = resistance }", // Inner data treated as string
        "{OriginalFormat}": "{name} {age} {hobby}" // <- Do you need this?
    }
}

And this is what you get by default with MiniJsonConsole

{
    "name": "Egor",
    "age": 27,
    "hobby": {
        "category": "board games",
        "favorite": "resistance"
    }
}

Note that you can also set up MiniJsonConsole to include LogLevel, LogEventId, and LogCategoryName. Check out MiniJsonConsoleLoggerShould for more examples.