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How to Add extra Data to Log Messages via a Processor

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How to Add extra Data to Log Messages via a Processor¶

Monolog allows you to process the record before logging it to add some extra data. A processor can be applied for the whole handler stack or only for a specific handler.

A processor is simply a callable receiving the record as its first argument. Processors are configured using the monolog.processor DIC tag. See the reference about it.

Adding a Session/Request Token¶

Sometimes it is hard to tell which entries in the log belong to which session and/or request. The following example will add a unique token for each request using a processor.

namespace AppBundle;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;

class SessionRequestProcessor
{
    private $session;
    private $token;

    public function __construct(Session $session)
    {
        $this->session = $session;
    }

    public function processRecord(array $record)
    {
        if (null === $this->token) {
            try {
                $this->token = substr($this->session->getId(), 0, 8);
            } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
                $this->token = '????????';
            }
            $this->token .= '-' . substr(uniqid(), -8);
        }
        $record['extra']['token'] = $this->token;

        return $record;
    }
}

YAML

# app/config/config.yml
services:
    monolog.formatter.session_request:
        class: Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter
        arguments:
            - "[%%datetime%%] [%%extra.token%%] %%channel%%.%%level_name%%: %%message%% %%context%% %%extra%%\n"

    monolog.processor.session_request:
        class: AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor
        arguments:  ['@session']
        tags:
            - { name: monolog.processor, method: processRecord }

monolog:
    handlers:
        main:
            type: stream
            path: '%kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log'
            level: debug
            formatter: monolog.formatter.session_request

XML

<!-- app/config/config.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd">

    <services>
        <service id="monolog.formatter.session_request"
            class="Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter">

            <argument>[%%datetime%%] [%%extra.token%%] %%channel%%.%%level_name%%: %%message%% %%context%% %%extra%%&#xA;</argument>
        </service>

        <service id="monolog.processor.session_request"
            class="AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor">

            <argument type="service" id="session" />
            <tag name="monolog.processor" method="processRecord" />
        </service>
    </services>

    <monolog:config>
        <monolog:handler
            name="main"
            type="stream"
            path="%kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log"
            level="debug"
            formatter="monolog.formatter.session_request"
        />
    </monolog:config>
</container>

PHP

// app/config/config.php
$container
    ->register(
        'monolog.formatter.session_request',
        'Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter'
    )
    ->addArgument('[%%datetime%%] [%%extra.token%%] %%channel%%.%%level_name%%: %%message%% %%context%% %%extra%%\n');

$container
    ->register(
        'monolog.processor.session_request',
        'AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor'
    )
    ->addArgument(new Reference('session'))
    ->addTag('monolog.processor', array('method' => 'processRecord'));

$container->loadFromExtension('monolog', array(
    'handlers' => array(
        'main' => array(
            'type'      => 'stream',
            'path'      => '%kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log',
            'level'     => 'debug',
            'formatter' => 'monolog.formatter.session_request',
        ),
    ),
));

Note

If you use several handlers, you can also register a processor at the handler level or at the channel level instead of registering it globally (see the following sections).

Registering Processors per Handler¶

You can register a processor per handler using the handler option of the monolog.processor tag:

YAML

# app/config/config.yml
services:
    monolog.processor.session_request:
        class: AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor
        arguments:  ['@session']
        tags:
            - { name: monolog.processor, method: processRecord, handler: main }

XML

<!-- app/config/config.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd">

    <services>
        <service id="monolog.processor.session_request"
            class="AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor">

            <argument type="service" id="session" />
            <tag name="monolog.processor" method="processRecord" handler="main" />
        </service>
    </services>
</container>

PHP

// app/config/config.php
$container
    ->register(
        'monolog.processor.session_request',
        'AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor'
    )
    ->addArgument(new Reference('session'))
    ->addTag('monolog.processor', array('method' => 'processRecord', 'handler' => 'main'));

Registering Processors per Channel¶

You can register a processor per channel using the channel option of the monolog.processor tag:

YAML

# app/config/config.yml
services:
    monolog.processor.session_request:
        class: AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor
        arguments:  ['@session']
        tags:
            - { name: monolog.processor, method: processRecord, channel: main }

XML

<!-- app/config/config.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd">

    <services>
        <service id="monolog.processor.session_request"
            class="AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor">

            <argument type="service" id="session" />
            <tag name="monolog.processor" method="processRecord" channel="main" />
        </service>
    </services>
</container>

PHP

// app/config/config.php
$container
    ->register(
        'monolog.processor.session_request',
        'AppBundle\SessionRequestProcessor'
    )
    ->addArgument(new Reference('session'))
    ->addTag('monolog.processor', array('method' => 'processRecord', 'channel' => 'main'));

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