github.com/Laisky/zap@v1.27.0/.readme.tmpl (about) 1 # :zap: zap [![GoDoc][doc-img]][doc] [![Build Status][ci-img]][ci] [![Coverage Status][cov-img]][cov] 2 3 <div align="center"> 4 5 Blazing fast, structured, leveled logging in Go. 6 7  8 9 [![GoDoc][doc-img]][doc] [![Build Status][ci-img]][ci] [![Coverage Status][cov-img]][cov] 10 11 </div> 12 13 ## Installation 14 15 `go get -u github.com/Laisky/zap` 16 17 Note that zap only supports the two most recent minor versions of Go. 18 19 ## Quick Start 20 21 In contexts where performance is nice, but not critical, use the 22 `SugaredLogger`. It's 4-10x faster than other structured logging 23 packages and includes both structured and `printf`-style APIs. 24 25 ```go 26 logger, _ := zap.NewProduction() 27 defer logger.Sync() // flushes buffer, if any 28 sugar := logger.Sugar() 29 sugar.Infow("failed to fetch URL", 30 // Structured context as loosely typed key-value pairs. 31 "url", url, 32 "attempt", 3, 33 "backoff", time.Second, 34 ) 35 sugar.Infof("Failed to fetch URL: %s", url) 36 ``` 37 38 When performance and type safety are critical, use the `Logger`. It's even 39 faster than the `SugaredLogger` and allocates far less, but it only supports 40 structured logging. 41 42 ```go 43 logger, _ := zap.NewProduction() 44 defer logger.Sync() 45 logger.Info("failed to fetch URL", 46 // Structured context as strongly typed Field values. 47 zap.String("url", url), 48 zap.Int("attempt", 3), 49 zap.Duration("backoff", time.Second), 50 ) 51 ``` 52 53 See the [documentation][doc] and [FAQ](FAQ.md) for more details. 54 55 ## Performance 56 57 For applications that log in the hot path, reflection-based serialization and 58 string formatting are prohibitively expensive — they're CPU-intensive 59 and make many small allocations. Put differently, using `encoding/json` and 60 `fmt.Fprintf` to log tons of `interface{}`s makes your application slow. 61 62 Zap takes a different approach. It includes a reflection-free, zero-allocation 63 JSON encoder, and the base `Logger` strives to avoid serialization overhead 64 and allocations wherever possible. By building the high-level `SugaredLogger` 65 on that foundation, zap lets users *choose* when they need to count every 66 allocation and when they'd prefer a more familiar, loosely typed API. 67 68 As measured by its own [benchmarking suite][], not only is zap more performant 69 than comparable structured logging packages — it's also faster than the 70 standard library. Like all benchmarks, take these with a grain of salt.<sup 71 id="anchor-versions">[1](#footnote-versions)</sup> 72 73 Log a message and 10 fields: 74 75 {{.BenchmarkAddingFields}} 76 77 Log a message with a logger that already has 10 fields of context: 78 79 {{.BenchmarkAccumulatedContext}} 80 81 Log a static string, without any context or `printf`-style templating: 82 83 {{.BenchmarkWithoutFields}} 84 85 ## Development Status: Stable 86 87 All APIs are finalized, and no breaking changes will be made in the 1.x series 88 of releases. Users of semver-aware dependency management systems should pin 89 zap to `^1`. 90 91 ## Contributing 92 93 We encourage and support an active, healthy community of contributors — 94 including you! Details are in the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) and 95 the [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). The zap maintainers keep an eye on 96 issues and pull requests, but you can also report any negative conduct to 97 oss-conduct@uber.com. That email list is a private, safe space; even the zap 98 maintainers don't have access, so don't hesitate to hold us to a high 99 standard. 100 101 <hr> 102 103 Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). 104 105 <sup id="footnote-versions">1</sup> In particular, keep in mind that we may be 106 benchmarking against slightly older versions of other packages. Versions are 107 pinned in the [benchmarks/go.mod][] file. [↩](#anchor-versions) 108 109 [doc-img]: https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/Laisky/zap 110 [doc]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Laisky/zap 111 [ci-img]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/actions/workflows/go.yml/badge.svg 112 [ci]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/actions/workflows/go.yml 113 [cov-img]: https://codecov.io/gh/uber-go/zap/branch/master/graph/badge.svg 114 [cov]: https://codecov.io/gh/uber-go/zap 115 [benchmarking suite]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/tree/master/benchmarks 116 [benchmarks/go.mod]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/blob/master/benchmarks/go.mod