# Sentry Hook for Logrus <img src="http://i.imgur.com/hTeVwmJ.png" width="40" height="40" alt=":walrus:" class="emoji" title=":walrus:" /> [Sentry](https://getsentry.com) provides both self-hosted and hosted solutions for exception tracking. Both client and server are [open source](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry). ## Usage Every sentry application defined on the server gets a different [DSN](https://www.getsentry.com/docs/). In the example below replace `YOUR_DSN` with the one created for your application. ```go import ( "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus" "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus/hooks/sentry" ) func main() { log := logrus.New() hook, err := logrus_sentry.NewSentryHook(YOUR_DSN, []logrus.Level{ logrus.PanicLevel, logrus.FatalLevel, logrus.ErrorLevel, }) if err == nil { log.Hooks.Add(hook) } } ``` ## Special fields Some logrus fields have a special meaning in this hook, these are server_name and logger. When logs are sent to sentry these fields are treated differently. - server_name (also known as hostname) is the name of the server which is logging the event (hostname.example.com) - logger is the part of the application which is logging the event. In go this usually means setting it to the name of the package. ## Timeout `Timeout` is the time the sentry hook will wait for a response from the sentry server. If this time elapses with no response from the server an error will be returned. If `Timeout` is set to 0 the SentryHook will not wait for a reply and will assume a correct delivery. The SentryHook has a default timeout of `100 milliseconds` when created with a call to `NewSentryHook`. This can be changed by assigning a value to the `Timeout` field: ```go hook, _ := logrus_sentry.NewSentryHook(...) hook.Timeout = 20*time.Second ```