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

Log levels are nothing but integer constants defined in logger.rb:

# Logging severity.
module Severity
  DEBUG = 0
  INFO = 1
  WARN = 2
  ERROR = 3
  FATAL = 4
  UNKNOWN = 5
end

You can log messages with any level you like using Logger#add method:

l.add 6, 'asd'
#=> A, [2010-02-17T16:25:47.763708 #14962]   ANY -- : asd