Package 'loggit2' reference manual

Title:	Easy-to-Use, Dependencyless Logger
Description:	An easy-to-use 'ndjson' (newline-delimited 'JSON') logger. It provides a set of wrappers for base R's message(), warning(), and stop() functions that maintain identical functionality, but also log the handler message to an 'ndjson' log file. No change in existing code is necessary to use this package, and only a few additional adjustments are needed to fully utilize its potential.
Authors:	Matthias Ollech [cre, aut], Ryan Price [fnd, aut]
Maintainer:	Matthias Ollech <[email protected]>
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
Version:	2.3.1.9000
Built:	2025-03-09 10:26:00 UTC
Source:	https://github.com/meo265/loggit2

Write log to csv file

Description

Creates a csv file from the ndjson log file.

Usage

convert_to_csv(
  file,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  unsanitize = FALSE,
  last_first = FALSE,
  ...
)
convert_to_csv(
  file,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  unsanitize = FALSE,
  last_first = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

`file`	Path to write csv file to.
`logfile`	Path to log file to read from.
`unsanitize`	Should escaped special characters be unescaped?
`last_first`	Should the last log entry be the first row of the data frame?
`...`	Additional arguments to pass to `utils::write.csv()`.

Details

Unescaping of special characters can lead to unexpected results. Use unsanitize = TRUE with caution.

Value

Invisible NULL.

Examples

## Not run: 
  convert_to_csv("my_log.csv")

  convert_to_csv("my_log.csv", logfile = "my_log.log", last_first = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
  convert_to_csv("my_log.csv")

  convert_to_csv("my_log.csv", logfile = "my_log.log", last_first = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

Get echo

Description

Get echo

Usage

get_echo()
get_echo()

Value

Logical. Are log messages echoed to stdout?

Get Log File

Description

Return the log file that loggit() will write to by default.

Usage

get_logfile()
get_logfile()

Value

The log file path.

Examples

get_logfile()

get_logfile()

Get Timestamp Format

Description

Get timestamp format for use in output logs.

Usage

get_timestamp_format()
get_timestamp_format()

Value

The timestamp format.

Examples

get_timestamp_format()

get_timestamp_format()

Log messages and R objects

Description

Log messages and R objects to a ndjson log file.

Usage

loggit(
  log_lvl,
  log_msg,
  ...,
  echo = get_echo(),
  custom_log_lvl = FALSE,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  ignore_log_level = FALSE
)
loggit(
  log_lvl,
  log_msg,
  ...,
  echo = get_echo(),
  custom_log_lvl = FALSE,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  ignore_log_level = FALSE
)

Arguments

`log_lvl`	Log level. A atomic vector of length one (usually `character`). Will be coerced to `character`.
`log_msg`	Log message. A atomic vector of length one (usually `character`). Will be coerced to `character`.
`...`	Named arguments, each a atomic vector of length one, you wish to log. Will be coerced to `character`. The names of the arguments are treated as column names in the log.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?
`custom_log_lvl`	Allow log levels other than "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", and "ERROR"?
`logfile`	Path of log file to write to.
`ignore_log_level`	Ignore the log level set by `set_log_level()`?

Value

Invisible NULL.

Examples

## Not run: 
  loggit("DEBUG", "This is a message")

  loggit("INFO", "This is a message", echo = FALSE)

  loggit("CUSTOM", "This is a message of a custom log_lvl", custom_log_lvl = TRUE)

  loggit(
   "INFO", "This is a message", but_maybe = "you want more fields?",
    sure = "why not?", like = 2, or = 10, what = "ever"
  )

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
  loggit("DEBUG", "This is a message")

  loggit("INFO", "This is a message", echo = FALSE)

  loggit("CUSTOM", "This is a message of a custom log_lvl", custom_log_lvl = TRUE)

  loggit(
   "INFO", "This is a message", but_maybe = "you want more fields?",
    sure = "why not?", like = 2, or = 10, what = "ever"
  )

## End(Not run)

Message Log Handler

Description

This function is identical to base R's message, but it includes logging of the exception message via loggit().

Usage

message(..., domain = NULL, appendLF = TRUE, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())
message(..., domain = NULL, appendLF = TRUE, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())

Arguments

`...`	zero or more objects which can be coerced to character (and which are pasted together with no separator) or (for `message` only) a single condition object.
`domain`	see `gettext`. If `NA`, messages will not be translated, see also the note in `stop`.
`appendLF`	logical: should messages given as a character string have a newline appended?
`.loggit`	Should the condition message be added to the log? If `NA` the log level set by `set_log_level()` is used to determine if the condition should be logged.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?

Value

Invisible NULL.

Examples

## Not run: 
  message("Don't say such silly things!")

  message("Don't say such silly things!", appendLF = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
  message("Don't say such silly things!")

  message("Don't say such silly things!", appendLF = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Get log as `data.frame`

Description

Returns a data.frame containing all the logs in the provided ndjson log file.

Usage

read_logs(logfile = get_logfile(), unsanitize = TRUE, last_first = FALSE)
read_logs(logfile = get_logfile(), unsanitize = TRUE, last_first = FALSE)

Arguments

`logfile`	Path to log file to read from.
`unsanitize`	Should escaped special characters be unescaped?
`last_first`	Should the last log entry be the first row of the data frame?

Details

read_logs() returns a data.frame with the empty character columns "timestamp", "log_lvl" and "log_msg" if the log file has no entries.

Value

A data.frame, with the columns as the fields in the log file.

Examples

## Not run: 
  read_logs()

  read_logs(last_first = TRUE)

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
  read_logs()

  read_logs(last_first = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

Rotate log file

Description

Truncates the log file to the line count provided as rotate_lines.

Usage

rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 100000L, logfile = get_logfile())
rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 100000L, logfile = get_logfile())

Arguments

`rotate_lines`	The number of log entries to keep in the logfile.
`logfile`	Log file to truncate.

Value

Invisible NULL.

Examples

## Not run: 
  rotate_logs()

  rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 0L)

  rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 1000L, logfile = "my_log.log")

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
  rotate_logs()

  rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 0L)

  rotate_logs(rotate_lines = 1000L, logfile = "my_log.log")

## End(Not run)

Set Call Options

Description

Set Call Options

Usage

set_call_options(..., .arg_list, confirm = TRUE)
set_call_options(..., .arg_list, confirm = TRUE)

Arguments

`...`	Named arguments to set.
`.arg_list`	A list of named arguments to set.
`confirm`	Print confirmation message of call options setting?

Details

Call options are as follows:

log_call: Log the call of an condition?
full_stack: Log the full stack trace?

Only one of ... or .arg_list can be provided.

Value

Invisible the previous call options.

Set echo

Description

Set echo

Usage

set_echo(echo = TRUE, confirm = TRUE)
set_echo(echo = TRUE, confirm = TRUE)

Arguments

`echo`	Should log messages be echoed to `stdout`?
`confirm`	Print confirmation message of echo setting?

Value

Invisible the previous echo setting.

Examples

## Not run: 
 set_echo(TRUE)
 set_echo(FALSE)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
 set_echo(TRUE)
 set_echo(FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Set Log Level

Description

Set Log Level

Usage

set_log_level(level = "DEBUG", confirm = TRUE)
set_log_level(level = "DEBUG", confirm = TRUE)

Arguments

`level`	Log level to set, as a string or integer.
`confirm`	Print confirmation message of log level?

Details

Log levels are as follows: DEBUG: 4 INFO: 3 WARNING: 2 ERROR: 1 NONE: 0

Value

Invisible the previous log level.

Examples

## Not run: 
 set_log_level("DEBUG")
 set_log_level("INFO")

 set_log_level(4)
 set_log_level(3)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
 set_log_level("DEBUG")
 set_log_level("INFO")

 set_log_level(4)
 set_log_level(3)

## End(Not run)

Set Log File

Description

Set the log file that loggit will write to by default.

Usage

set_logfile(logfile = NULL, confirm = TRUE, create = TRUE)
set_logfile(logfile = NULL, confirm = TRUE, create = TRUE)

Arguments

`logfile`	Absolut or relative path to log file. An attempt is made to convert the path into a canonical absolute form using `normalizePath()`. If `NULL` will set to `⁠<tmpdir>/loggit.log⁠`.
`confirm`	Print confirmation of log file setting?
`create`	Create the log file if it does not exist?

Details

No logs outside of a temporary directory will be written until this is set explicitly, as per CRAN policy. Therefore, the default behavior is to create a file named loggit.log in your system's temporary directory.

Value

Invisible the previous log file path.

Examples

## Not run: 
  set_logfile("path/to/logfile.log")

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
  set_logfile("path/to/logfile.log")

## End(Not run)

Set Timestamp Format

Description

Set timestamp format for use in output logs.

Usage

set_timestamp_format(ts_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z", confirm = TRUE)
set_timestamp_format(ts_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z", confirm = TRUE)

Arguments

`ts_format`	ISO date format.
`confirm`	Print confirmation message of timestamp format?

Details

This function performs no time format validations, but will echo out the current time in the provided format for manual validation.

This function provides no means of setting a timezone, and instead relies on the host system's time configuration to provide this. This is to enforce consistency across software running on the host.

Value

Invisible the previous timestamp format.

Examples

## Not run: 
  set_timestamp_format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
  set_timestamp_format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

## End(Not run)

Stop Log Handler

Description

This function is identical to base R's stop, but it includes logging of the exception message via loggit().

Usage

stop(..., call. = TRUE, domain = NULL, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())
stop(..., call. = TRUE, domain = NULL, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())

Arguments

`...`	zero or more objects which can be coerced to character (and which are pasted together with no separator) or a single condition object.
`call.`	logical, indicating if the call should become part of the error message.
`domain`	see `gettext`. If `NA`, messages will not be translated.
`.loggit`	Should the condition message be added to the log? If `NA` the log level set by `set_log_level()` is used to determine if the condition should be logged.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?

Value

No return value.

Examples

## Not run: 
  stop("This is a completely false condition")

  stop("This is a completely false condition", echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
  stop("This is a completely false condition")

  stop("This is a completely false condition", echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Conditional Stop Log Handler

Description

This function is identical to base R's stopifnot, but it includes logging of the exception message via loggit().

Usage

stopifnot(..., exprs, exprObject, local, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())
stopifnot(..., exprs, exprObject, local, .loggit = NA, echo = get_echo())

Arguments

`...`, `exprs`	any number of `R` expressions, which should each evaluate to (a logical vector of all) `TRUE`. Use either `...` or `exprs`, the latter typically an unevaluated expression of the form { expr1 expr2 .... } Note that e.g., positive numbers are not `TRUE`, even when they are coerced to `TRUE`, e.g., inside `⁠if(.)⁠` or in arithmetic computations in `R`. If names are provided to `...`, they will be used in lieu of the default error message.
`exprObject`	alternative to `exprs` or `...`: an ‘expression-like’ object, typically an `expression`, but also a `call`, a `name`, or atomic constant such as `TRUE`.
`local`	(only when `exprs` is used:) indicates the `environment` in which the expressions should be evaluated; by default the one from where `stopifnot()` has been called.
`.loggit`	Should the condition message be added to the log? If `NA` the log level set by `set_log_level()` is used to determine if the condition should be logged.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?

Examples

## Not run: 
 stopifnot("This is a completely false condition" = FALSE)

 stopifnot(5L == 5L, "This is a completely false condition" = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
 stopifnot("This is a completely false condition" = FALSE)

 stopifnot(5L == 5L, "This is a completely false condition" = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Warning Log Handler

Description

This function is identical to base R's warning, but it includes logging of the exception message via loggit().

Usage

warning(
  ...,
  call. = TRUE,
  immediate. = FALSE,
  noBreaks. = FALSE,
  domain = NULL,
  .loggit = NA,
  echo = get_echo()
)
warning(
  ...,
  call. = TRUE,
  immediate. = FALSE,
  noBreaks. = FALSE,
  domain = NULL,
  .loggit = NA,
  echo = get_echo()
)

Arguments

`...`	zero or more objects which can be coerced to character (and which are pasted together with no separator) or a single condition object.
`call.`	logical, indicating if the call should become part of the warning message.
`immediate.`	logical, indicating if the call should be output immediately, even if `getOption("warn") <= 0`.
`noBreaks.`	logical, indicating as far as possible the message should be output as a single line when `options(warn = 1)`.
`domain`	see `gettext`. If `NA`, messages will not be translated, see also the note in `stop`.
`.loggit`	Should the condition message be added to the log? If `NA` the log level set by `set_log_level()` is used to determine if the condition should be logged.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?

Value

The warning message as character string, invisibly.

Examples

## Not run: 
  warning("You may want to review that math")

  warning("You may want to review that math", immediate = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
  warning("You may want to review that math")

  warning("You may want to review that math", immediate = FALSE, echo = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Log any expressions

Description

Log code without having to explicitly use the loggit2 handlers. This is particularly useful for code that cannot be customized, e.g. from third-party packages.

Usage

with_loggit(
  exp,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  echo = get_echo(),
  log_level = get_log_level()
)
with_loggit(
  exp,
  logfile = get_logfile(),
  echo = get_echo(),
  log_level = get_log_level()
)

Arguments

`exp`	An `expression` to evaluate.
`logfile`	Path of log file to write to.
`echo`	Should the log entry (json) be echoed to `stdout` as well?
`log_level`	The log level to use.

Details

If loggit2 handlers are already used in the expression, this can lead to conditions being logged twice (in the same or different files).

Value

The result of the expression.

Examples

## Not run: 
 x <- with_loggit(5L + 5L)

 with_loggit(base::message("Test log message"))

 with_loggit(base::warning("Test log message"), echo = FALSE, logfile = "my_log.log")

 x <- with_loggit({
    y <- 5L
    base::message("Test log message")
    base::warning("Test log message")
    1L + y
 })

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
 x <- with_loggit(5L + 5L)

 with_loggit(base::message("Test log message"))

 with_loggit(base::warning("Test log message"), echo = FALSE, logfile = "my_log.log")

 x <- with_loggit({
    y <- 5L
    base::message("Test log message")
    base::warning("Test log message")
    1L + y
 })

## End(Not run)

Package 'loggit2'

Help Index

Write log to csv file

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Examples

Get Call Options

Description

Usage

Value

Get echo

Description

Usage

Value

Get Log Level

Description

Usage

Value

Get Log File

Description

Usage

Value

Examples

Get Timestamp Format

Description

Usage

Value

Examples

Log messages and R objects

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Examples

Message Log Handler

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

See Also

Examples

Get log as data.frame

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Examples

Rotate log file

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Examples

Set Call Options

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Set echo

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Examples

Set Log Level

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Examples

Set Log File

Description

Usage

Arguments

Get log as `data.frame`