adds secrets, fix #17

README.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ _Without `lgr.Caller*` it will drop `{caller}` part_
 - `lgr.LevelBraces` - wraps levels with "[" and "]"
 - `lgr.Msec` - adds milliseconds to timestamp
 - `lgr.Format` - sets custom template, overwrite all other formatting modifiers.
+- `lgr.Secret(secret ...)` - sets list of the secrets to hide from the logging outputs.
 
 example: `l := lgr.New(lgr.Debug, lgr.Msec)`
 

logger.go

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ const (
 	FullDebug  = `{{.DT.Format "2006/01/02 15:04:05.000"}} {{.Level}} ({{.CallerFile}}:{{.CallerLine}} {{.CallerFunc}}) {{.Message}}`
 )
 
+var secretReplacement = []byte("******")
+
 // Logger provided simple logger with basic support of levels. Thread safe
 type Logger struct {
 	// set with Option calls
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ type Logger struct {
 	levelBraces    bool      // encloses level with [], i.e. [INFO]
 	callerDepth    int       // how many stack frames to skip, relative to the real (reported) frame
 	format         string    // layout template
+	secrets        []string  // sub-strings to secrets by matching
 
 	// internal use
 	now           nowFn
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ func (l *Logger) logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("[WARN ]"), []byte("[WARN] "), 1)
 		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("[INFO ]"), []byte("[INFO] "), 1)
 	}
+	data = l.hideSecrets(data)
 
 	l.lock.Lock()
 	_, _ = l.stdout.Write(data)
@@ -189,6 +193,13 @@ func (l *Logger) logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	l.lock.Unlock()
 }
 
+func (l *Logger) hideSecrets(data []byte) []byte {
+	for _, h := range l.secrets {
+		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte(h), secretReplacement, -1)
+	}
+	return data
+}
+
 type callerInfo struct {
 	File     string
 	Line     int

logger_test.go

@@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ func TestLoggerNoSpaceLevel(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLoggerHidden(t *testing.T) {
+	rout, rerr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{}), bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+	l := New(Out(rout), Err(rerr), Format(Short), Secret("password", "secret"))
+	l.now = func() time.Time { return time.Date(2018, 1, 7, 13, 2, 34, 123000000, time.Local) }
+	l.Logf("INFO something password 123 secret xyz")
+	assert.Equal(t, "2018/01/07 13:02:34 INFO  something ****** 123 ****** xyz\n", rout.String(), "secrets secrets")
+}
+
 func BenchmarkNoDbgNoFormat(b *testing.B) {
 	rout, rerr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{}), bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 	l := New(Out(rout), Err(rerr))

options.go

@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ func CallerFile(l *Logger) {
 func Msec(l *Logger) {
 	l.msec = true
 }
+
+// Secret sets list of substring to be hidden, i.e. replaced by "******"
+// Useful to prevent passwords or other sensitive tokens to be logged.
+func Secret(vals ...string) Option {
+	return func(l *Logger) {
+		l.secrets = vals
+	}
+}