Logging in Sinatra?

Question

I\'m having trouble figuring out how to log messages with Sinatra. I\'m not looking to log requests, but rather custom messages at certain points in my app. For example, whe

Answer 1

If you are using something like unicorn logging or other middleware that tails IO streams, you can easily set up a logger to STDOUT or STDERR

# unicorn.rb
stderr_path "#{app_root}/shared/log/unicorn.stderr.log"
stdout_path "#{app_root}/shared/log/unicorn.stdout.log"

# sinatra_app.rb
set :logger, Logger.new(STDOUT) # STDOUT & STDERR is captured by unicorn
logger.info('some info') # also accessible as App.settings.logger

this allows you to intercept messages at application scope, rather than just having access to logger as request helper