How to add a custom log level to logger in ruby?

Question

I need to add a custom log level like \"verbose\" or \"traffic\" to ruby logger, how to do?

Answer 1

Your own logger just need to overwrite the Logger#format_severity method, something like this :

class MyLogger < Logger

  SEVS = %w(DEBUG INFO WARN ERROR FATAL VERBOSE TRAFFIC)
  def format_severity(severity)
    SEVS[severity] || 'ANY'
  end

  def verbose(progname = nil, &block)
    add(5, nil, progname, &block)
  end
end