sl 0.0.2

A structured logging library.

sl

A structured logging library.

Setup

import 'package:sl/sl.dart';

final logger = Logger(
  handler: LogTextHandler(level: .debug),
);

Basic Logging

logger.debug('connecting to database...');
logger.info('application started');
logger.warn('memory usage is high');
logger.error('failed to process request');

Structured Attributes

logger.info('user profile updated', const [
  .string('username', 'alice'),
  .int('age', 30),
  .double('height', 1.75),
  .bool('verified', true),
]);

Attribute Groups

logger.info('request metadata', const [
  .group('http', [
    .string('method', 'POST'),
    .int('status', 201),
  ]),
]);

Errors and Stack Traces

try {
  throw StateError('connection timed out');
} catch (e, stack) {
  logger.error('database operation failed', [
    .error(e),
    .stackTrace(stack),
  ]);
}

Contextual Loggers

Create child loggers that inherit and merge parent attributes:

final dbLogger = logger.withAttrs(const [
  .string('component', 'database'),
]);

dbLogger.info('executing query'); 
// Output: INFO  [database] executing query

Context Integration

If you use the ctx package, you can pass and retrieve the logger from the Context:

import 'package:ctx/ctx.dart';
import 'package:sl/sl.dart';

final context = const Context.empty().withLogger(logger);
context.logger.info('hello from context');

Bridging Standard Logging

To capture and proxy logs from Dart's standard logging package:

import 'package:logging/logging.dart' as logging;
import 'package:sl/sl.dart';

// Captures root logger logs and forwards them to our logger
final detach = const StdLoggerBridge().attach(logger);

// Stop bridging later:
detach();

Handlers

Text Output (LogTextHandler)

final logger = Logger(
  handler: LogTextHandler(
    level: .debug,
    scopeKey: 'component', // optional, formats value in brackets [value]
    theme: .ansi, // optional, enables ANSI colors
  ),
);

Output:

INFO  [database] query completed duration_ms=45

JSON Output (LogJsonHandler)

final logger = Logger(
  handler: LogJsonHandler(level: .info),
);

Output:

{"time":"2026-06-17T18:45:00.000Z","level":"INFO","msg":"query completed","duration_ms":45}