More options for logger

main.go

@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ var Version = "0.1"
 
 func main() {
 
-	// Init logging
-	log.InitLogger()
-
 	// Set Engine
 	err := models.SetEngine()
 	if err != nil {

pkg/log/logging.go

@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ const Fmt = `%{color}%{time:` + time.RFC3339Nano + `}: %{level}` + "\t" + `▶ %
 // Log is the handler for the logger
 var Log = logging.MustGetLogger("vikunja")
 
-var format = logging.MustStringFormatter(Fmt + "\n")
+// Initializes the global log handler
+func init() {
+	// We define our two backends
+	errBackend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", 0)
+	stdBackend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stdout, "", 0)
 
-// InitLogger initializes the global log handler
-func InitLogger() {
-	backend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", 0)
-	backendFormatter := logging.NewBackendFormatter(backend, format)
-	logging.SetBackend(backendFormatter)
+	// Set the standard backend
+	stdBackendFormatter := logging.NewBackendFormatter(stdBackend, logging.MustStringFormatter(Fmt+"\n"))
+
+	// Only warnings and more severe messages should go to the error backend
+	errBackendLeveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(errBackend)
+	errBackendLeveled.SetLevel(logging.WARNING, "")
+
+	// TODO: make a setting to define where logging should go (file, stdout)
+
+	// Set our backends
+	logging.SetBackend(stdBackendFormatter, errBackendLeveled)
 }