This is a JSON encoder for Logback applications logger. It uses Mapped Diagnostic Contexts (MDC) to include appropriate context information in each log message too.

These are the properties (for your application.conf) that you can use to alter the log output:

appName = MyApplication
logger.json.dateformat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ"

If you do not set the date format, it defaults to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ.

You can then use the encoder in your logger configuration.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder class="uk.gov.hmrc.play.logging.JsonEncoder"/>
    </appender>

    <logger name="uk.gov" level="DEBUG"/>

    <root level="INFO">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
    </root>
</configuration>

Include the following dependency in your SBT build

resolvers += Resolver.bintrayRepo("hmrc", "releases")

libraryDependencies += "uk.gov.hmrc" %% "logback-json-logger" % "[INSERT_VERSION]"

Use version >= 2.0.0 for Java 8

Use version >= 4.0.0 for Play 2.5.14 or later

This code is open source software licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.