switched to tracing for logging

src/bin/main/mod.rs

@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 // enable clippy's extra lints, the pedantic version
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-use pt::networking::monitoring::uptime;
+use pt::{logger, networking::monitoring::uptime};
 
 // we want the log macros in any case
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
-use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
-
-use env_logger;
 
 use clap::Parser;
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ pub mod args;
 use args::*;
 
 //// CONSTANTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+const EXIT_SUCCESS: i32 = 0;
+const EXIT_FAILURE_USAGE: i32 = 1;
 
 //// STATICS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -43,20 +45,46 @@ use args::*;
 /// ## Main function of the [`pt`](crate) binary
 pub fn main() {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let ll: tracing::Level = match cli.verbose.log_level().unwrap().as_str() {
+        "TRACE" => tracing::Level::TRACE,
+        "DEBUG" => tracing::Level::DEBUG,
+        "INFO" => tracing::Level::INFO,
+        "WARN" => tracing::Level::WARN,
+        "ERROR" => tracing::Level::ERROR,
+        _ => {
+            eprintln!("'{}' is not a valid loglevel", cli.verbose.to_string());
+            std::process::exit(EXIT_FAILURE_USAGE);
+        }
+    };
     if cli.log_meta {
-        // set up our logger to use the given verbosity
+        logger::Logger::init_customized(
-        env_logger::Builder::new()
+            false,
-            .filter_module("pt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
+            PathBuf::from("/dev/null"),
-            .init();
+            true,
-    }
+            false,
-    else {
+            true,
-        // set up our logger to use the given verbosity
+            true,
-        env_logger::Builder::new()
+            ll,
-            .filter_module("pt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
+            false,
-            .format_level(false)
+            false,
-            .format_target(false)
+            false,
-            .format_timestamp(None)
+        )
-            .init();
+        .expect("could not initialize Logger");
+    } else {
+        // less verbose version
+        logger::Logger::init_customized(
+            false,
+            PathBuf::from("/dev/null"),
+            true,
+            false,
+            true,
+            false,
+            ll,
+            false,
+            false,
+            false,
+        )
+        .expect("could not initialize Logger");
     }
 
     trace!("started the main function");
@@ -76,13 +104,12 @@ pub fn net(cli: &Cli, command: NetCommands) {
             success_ratio,
             extra_urls,
             no_default,
-            timeout
+            timeout,
         } => {
             let urls: Vec<String>;
             if no_default {
                 urls = extra_urls;
-            }
+            } else {
-            else {
                 let mut combined: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
                 for i in uptime::DEFAULT_CHECK_URLS {
                     combined.push(i.to_string());
@@ -94,11 +121,13 @@ pub fn net(cli: &Cli, command: NetCommands) {
             if repeat > 0 {
                 uptime::continuous_uptime_monitor(success_ratio, urls, repeat * 1000, timeout);
             } else {
-                    let status = uptime::UptimeStatus::new(success_ratio, urls, timeout);
+                let status = uptime::UptimeStatus::new(success_ratio, urls, timeout);
-                    println!("{}", status);
+                info!("status:\n{}", status);
             }
         }
-        NetCommands::Discover {} => {todo!()}
+        NetCommands::Discover {} => {
+            todo!()
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/logger/error.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//! # very short description
+//!
+//! Short description
+//!
+//! Details
+//!
+//! ## Section 1
+//!
+//! ## Section 2
+
+//// ATTRIBUTES ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// we want docs
+#![warn(missing_docs)]
+#![warn(rustdoc::missing_crate_level_docs)]
+// we want Debug everywhere.
+#![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
+// enable clippy's extra lints, the pedantic version
+#![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
+
+//// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+use pyo3::{exceptions::PyException, PyErr};
+use tracing::subscriber::SetGlobalDefaultError;
+
+//// TYPES /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// a quick alias for a result with a [`LoggerError`]
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+//// CONSTANTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//// STATICS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//// MACROS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//// ENUMS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// ## Errors for the [logger](crate::logger)
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Bad IO operation
+    IO(std::io::Error),
+    /// Various errors raised when the messenger is used in a wrong way
+    Usage(String),
+    SetGlobalDefaultFail(SetGlobalDefaultError),
+}
+
+//// STRUCTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//// IMPLEMENTATION ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Error::IO(value)
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+impl From<SetGlobalDefaultError> for Error {
+    fn from(value: SetGlobalDefaultError) -> Self {
+        Error::SetGlobalDefaultFail(value)
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+impl Into<PyErr> for Error {
+    fn into(self) -> PyErr {
+        match self {
+            Error::IO(err) => PyException::new_err(format!("LoggerError: IO {err:?}")),
+            Error::Usage(err) => PyException::new_err(format!("LoggerError: Usage {err}")),
+            Error::SetGlobalDefaultFail(err) => {
+                PyException::new_err(format!("LoggerError: SetGlobalDefaultFail {err}"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::IO(e) => write!(f, "<IO Error {e:?}>"),
+            Error::Usage(e) => write!(f, "<Usage Error {e:?}>"),
+            Error::SetGlobalDefaultFail(e) => write!(f, "<SetGlobalDefaultFail {e:?}>"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::IO(e) => write!(f, "IO Error {e}"),
+            Error::Usage(e) => write!(f, "Usage Error {e}"),
+            Error::SetGlobalDefaultFail(e) => write!(f, "SetGlobalDefaultFail {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//// PUBLIC FUNCTIONS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//// PRIVATE FUNCTIONS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+

src/logger/mod.rs

@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 use std::{
     fmt,
+    path::PathBuf,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
 };
 
-use env_logger::{Env, Target, WriteStyle};
+pub mod error;
-use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, Level};
+use error::*;
+
+pub use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, Level};
+use tracing_appender;
+use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 //// CONSTANTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// The log level used when none is specified
-pub const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: Level = Level::Info;
+pub const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: Level = Level::INFO;
-/// Register your level to this environment variable to override the used level
-pub const LOGGER_ENV_KEY: &'static str = "LIBPT_LOGLEVEL";
 
 //// STATICS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 static INITIALIZED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
@@ -63,50 +66,68 @@ impl Logger {
     /// ## initializes the logger
     ///
     /// Will enable the logger to be used.
-    pub fn init() {
+    ///
+    /// Assumes some defaults, use [`init_customized`](init_customized) for more control
+    pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
+        Self::init_customized(
+            false,
+            PathBuf::from("/dev/null"),
+            true,
+            false,
+            true,
+            false,
+            Level::INFO,
+            false,
+            false,
+            false,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// ## initializes the logger
+    ///
+    /// Will enable the logger to be used.
+    pub fn init_customized(
+        log_to_file: bool,
+        log_dir: PathBuf,
+        ansi: bool,
+        display_filename: bool,
+        display_level: bool,
+        display_target: bool,
+        max_level: Level,
+        display_thread_ids: bool,
+        display_thread_names: bool,
+        display_line_number: bool,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         // only init if no init has been performed yet
         if INITIALIZED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
             warn!("trying to reinitialize the logger, ignoring");
-            return;
+            return Err(Error::Usage(format!("logging is already initialized")));
         } else {
-            let env = Env::default().filter_or(LOGGER_ENV_KEY, DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL.to_string());
+            let basic_subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Subscriber::builder()
-            let res = env_logger::Builder::from_env(env)
+                // subscriber configuration
-                .try_init();
+                .with_ansi(ansi)
-            if res.is_err() {
+                .with_file(display_filename)
-                eprintln!("could not init logger: {}", res.unwrap_err());
+                .with_level(display_level)
-            }
+                .with_target(display_target)
-            INITIALIZED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                .with_max_level(max_level)
-        }
+                .with_thread_ids(display_thread_ids)
-    }
+                .with_line_number(display_line_number)
+                .with_thread_names(display_thread_names)
+                //.pretty // too verbose and over multiple lines, a bit like python tracebacks
+                .finish();
 
-    /// ## initializes the logger to log to a target
+            if log_to_file {
-    ///
+                let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(log_dir, "log");
-    /// Will enable the logger to be used.
+                let (file_writer, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
-    pub fn init_specialized(show_module: bool, test: bool, color: bool, target: Option<Target>) {
+                let layered_subscriber = basic_subscriber
-        let target = match target {
+                    .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::default().with_writer(file_writer));
-            Some(t) => t,
+                tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(layered_subscriber)?;
-            None => Target::Stdout,
+            } else {
-        };
+                tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(basic_subscriber)?;
-        // only init if no init has been performed yet
-        if INITIALIZED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            eprintln!("trying to reinitialize the logger, ignoring");
-            return;
-        } else {
-            let env = Env::default().filter_or(LOGGER_ENV_KEY, DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL.to_string());
-            let res = env_logger::Builder::from_env(env)
-                .is_test(test)
-                .target(target)
-                .write_style(if color {
-                    WriteStyle::Auto
-                } else {
-                    WriteStyle::Never
-                })
-                .format_target(show_module)
-                .try_init();
-            if res.is_err() {
-                eprintln!("could not init logger: {}", res.unwrap_err());
             }
+
             INITIALIZED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
 
@@ -159,14 +180,8 @@ impl Logger {
     /// ## Python version of [`init()`](Logger::init)
     #[pyo3(name = "init")]
     #[staticmethod]
-    pub fn py_init() {
+    pub fn py_init() -> Result<()> {
-        Self::init_specialized(false, false, true, None)
+        Self::init()
-    }
-    /// ## Python version of [`init_specialized()`](Logger::init_specialized)
-    #[pyo3(name = "init_specialized")]
-    #[staticmethod]
-    pub fn py_init_specialized(color: bool) {
-        Self::init_specialized(false, false, color, None)
     }
     /// ## Python version of [`error()`](Logger::error)
     #[pyo3(name = "error")]

src/networking/monitoring/uptime.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::{fmt, time::Duration};
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // we want the log macros in any case
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
-use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
+use tracing;
 
 use reqwest;
 
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ impl UptimeStatus {
             return;
         }
         let ratio: f32 = (self.reachable as f32) / (self.urls.len() as f32) * 100f32;
-        trace!("calculated success_ratio: {}", ratio);
+        tracing::trace!("calculated success_ratio: {}", ratio);
         self.success_ratio = ratio.floor() as u8;
         self.success = self.success_ratio >= self.success_ratio_target;
-        trace!("calculated success as: {}", self.success)
+        tracing::trace!("calculated success as: {}", self.success)
     }
 }
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ pub fn continuous_uptime_monitor(
     timeout: u64,
 ) {
     if urls.len() == 0 {
-        error!("No URLs provided. There is nothing to monitor.");
+        tracing::error!("No URLs provided. There is nothing to monitor.");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -293,19 +293,19 @@ fn display_uptime_status(
 ) {
     // I know it's weird that this has two spaces too much, but somehow just the tabs is missing
     // two spaces.
-    info!("uptime check:      {}", msg);
+    tracing::info!("uptime check:      {}", msg);
-    info!("last uptime:       {}", match_format_time(last_uptime));
+    tracing::info!("last uptime:       {}", match_format_time(last_uptime));
-    info!("last downtime:     {}", match_format_time(last_downtime));
+    tracing::info!("last downtime:     {}", match_format_time(last_downtime));
-    info!(
+    tracing::info!(
         "since downtime:    {}",
         match_format_duration_since(last_downtime)
     );
-    info!(
+    tracing::info!(
         "since uptime:      {}",
         match_format_duration_since(last_uptime)
     );
-    debug!("\n{}", status);
+    tracing::debug!("\n{}", status);
-    info!("{}", divider!());
+    tracing::info!("{}", divider!());
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

tests/test_logger_struct.rs

@@ -2,20 +2,36 @@
 //!
 //! Note: the module uses a global variable to store if the thread has
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+use pt::common::macros::get_stdout_for;
 /// ## Tests for basic logging functionality
 use pt::logger::*;
-use pt::common::macros::get_stdout_for;
 
 use regex::Regex;
 
+use std::sync::Once;
+
 //// HELPERS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+static SETUP: Once = Once::new();
 // only initialize once
 /// ## setup that's needed before testing the logger struct
 fn setup() {
-    // we don't want to log messages during our tests!
+    SETUP.call_once(|| {
-    std::env::set_var(LOGGER_ENV_KEY, "Trace");
+        // we don't want to log messages during our tests!
-    Logger::init_specialized(true, false, false, None);
+        Logger::init_customized(
-    println!()
+            false,
+            std::path::PathBuf::from("/dev/null"),
+            false,
+            false,
+            true,
+            false,
+            tracing::Level::TRACE,
+            false,
+            false,
+            false,
+        )
+        .expect("could not initialize Logger");
+        println!()
+    });
 }
 
 //// IMPLEMENTATION ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -51,8 +67,7 @@ fn test_log_basic() {
     // this matches the format of the env_logger perfectly, but make sure that color is off,
     // else the ANSI escape sequences break this test
     let regex = Regex::new(concat!(
-        r"(?m)\[\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z ",
+        r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{6}Z\s+(TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR)\sMSG"
-        r"(TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR) +pt::logger\] MSG"
     ))
     .unwrap();
 
@@ -65,9 +80,9 @@ fn test_multi_initialize() {
     setup();
     let l = Logger::new();
     // these should be ignored due to the global flag
-    Logger::init();
+    Logger::init().unwrap_err();
-    Logger::init();
+    Logger::init().unwrap_err();
-    Logger::init();
+    Logger::init().unwrap_err();
-    Logger::init();
+    Logger::init().unwrap_err();
     l.info("Successfully ignored extra init");
 }