package main import ( "os" "time" "github.com/kataras/iris/v12" ) func main() { f := newLogFile() defer f.Close() app := iris.New() // Attach the file as logger, remember, iris' app logger is just an io.Writer. // Use the following code if you need to write the logs to file and console at the same time. // app.Logger().SetOutput(io.MultiWriter(f, os.Stdout)) app.Logger().SetOutput(f) app.Get("/ping", func(ctx iris.Context) { // for the sake of simplicity, in order see the logs at the ./_today_.txt ctx.Application().Logger().Infof("Request path: %s", ctx.Path()) ctx.WriteString("pong") }) // Navigate to http://localhost:8080/ping // and open the ./logs{TODAY}.txt file. if err := app.Listen(":8080", iris.WithoutBanner); err != nil { app.Logger().Warn("Shutdown with error: " + err.Error()) } } // Get a filename based on the date, just for the sugar. func todayFilename() string { today := time.Now().Format("Jan 02 2006") return today + ".txt" } func newLogFile() *os.File { filename := todayFilename() // Open the file, this will append to the today's file if server restarted. f, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666) if err != nil { panic(err) } return f }