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coap_logging(3)
=================
:doctype: manpage
:man source:   coap_logging
:man version:  @PACKAGE_VERSION@
:man manual:   libcoap Manual

NAME
----
coap_logging, coap_log, coap_get_log_level, coap_set_log_level,
coap_set_log_handler, coap_package_name, coap_package_version,
coap_set_show_pdu_output, coap_show_pdu
- Work with CoAP logging

SYNOPSIS
--------
*#include <coap@LIBCOAP_API_VERSION@/coap.h>*

*void coap_log(coap_log_t _level_, const char *_format_, ...);*

*void coap_set_log_level(coap_log_t _level_);*

*coap_log_t coap_get_log_level(void);*

*void coap_dtls_set_log_level(int _level_);*

*int coap_dtls_get_log_level(void);*

*void coap_set_log_handler(coap_log_handler_t _handler_);*

*const char *coap_package_name(void);*

*const char *coap_package_version(void);*

*void coap_set_show_pdu_output(int _use_fprintf_);*

*void coap_show_pdu(coap_log_t _level_, const coap_pdu_t *_pdu_);*

*const char *coap_endpoint_str(const coap_endpoint_t *_endpoint_);*

*const char *coap_session_str(const coap_session_t *_session_);*

Link with *-lcoap-@LIBCOAP_API_VERSION@*, *-lcoap-@LIBCOAP_API_VERSION@-gnutls*,
*-lcoap-@LIBCOAP_API_VERSION@-openssl* or
*-lcoap-@LIBCOAP_API_VERSION@-tinydtls* depending on your (D)TLS library
type.

DESCRIPTION
-----------
The logging sub-system supports logging at different levels, and depending on
the selected logging level, outputs the appropriate information.

Logging by default is to stderr or stdout depending on the logging level of
the log entry.  It ia possible to send the logging information to an
application logging call-back handler for processing by the application.

The *coap_log*() function is used to log information at the appropriate _level_.
The rest of the parameters follow the standard *printf*() function format.

Logging levels (*coap_log_t*) are defined by (the same as for *syslog*()), which
are numerically incrementing in value:

*LOG_EMERG*::
Emergency level (0).

*LOG_ALERT*::
Alert level (1).

*LOG_CRIT*::
Critical level (2).

*LOG_ERR*::
Error level (3).

*LOG_WARNING*::
Warning level (the default) (4).

*LOG_NOTICE*::
Notice level (5).

*LOG_INFO*::
Information level (6).

*LOG_DEBUG*::
Debug level (7).

The *coap_set_log_level*() function is used to set the current logging _level_
for output by any subsequent *coap_log*() calls.  Output is only logged if the
*coap_log*() _level_ definition is smaller than or equal to the curent logging
_level_.

The *coap_get_log_level*() function is used to get the current logging level.

The *coap_dtls_set_log_level*() function is used to set the logging _level_
for output by the DTLS library for specific DTLS information. Usually, both
*coap_set_log_level*() and *coap_dtls_set_log_level*() would be set to the
same _level_ value. If the logging level is set to greater than LOG_DEBUG,
the underlying TLS library may get more verbose in its output.

The *coap_dtls_get_log_level*() function is used to get the current logging
level for the DTLS library.

The *coap_set_log_handler*()* function can be used to define an alternative
logging handler for processing the logging messages.  The logging handler
prototype is defined as:

[source, c]
----
typedef void (*coap_log_handler_t) (coap_log_t level, const char *message);
----

The *coap_package_name*() function returns the name of this library.

The *coap_package_version*() function returns the version of this library.

The *coap_set_show_pdu_output*() function defines whether the output from
*coap_show_pdu*() is to be either sent to stdout/stderr, or output using
*coap_log*().  _use_fprintf_ is set to 1 for stdout/stderr (the default), and
_use_fprintf_ is set to 0 for *coap_log*().

The *coap_show_pdu*() function is used to decode the _pdu_, outputting as
appropriate for logging _level_.  Where the output goes is dependent on
*coap_set_show_pdu_output*().

The *coap_endpoint_str*() function returns a description string of the
_endpoint_.

The *coap_session_str*() function is used to get a string containing the
information about the _session_.

RETURN VALUES
-------------

The *coap_package_name*() and *coap_package_version*() return the appropriate
zero-terminated character string.

The *coap_get_log_level*() function returns the current logging level.

The *coap_dtls_get_log_level*() function returns the current logging level
for the DTLS library specifics.

The *coap_endpoint_str*() function returns a description string of the
_endpoint_.

The *coap_session_str*() function returns a description string of the
_session_.

SEE ALSO
--------
*coap_context*(3) and *coap_session*(3)

FURTHER INFORMATION
-------------------
See "RFC7252: The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)" for further
information.

BUGS
----
Please report bugs on the mailing list for libcoap:
libcoap-developers@lists.sourceforge.net

AUTHORS
-------
The libcoap project <libcoap-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
