Logging

Logging

This toolkit uses Serilog for logging. By default, it is configured to log to a file named pluginlog_<date>.log in the plugin directory (your build directory), with a rolling interval of one day.

The format is [date] [timestamp]|[log level]|[thread ID]|[source context]: [message]. For example:

2026-03-27 15:32:00.2180|INFORMATION|6|ReceiveAsync:

The log level is set to Warning by default, but you can allow your users to enable more verbose logging in the Global Settings. To do this, set the EnableVerboseLogging property in the GlobalSettings class to true. This will set the log level to Verbose, which will include all log messages. An example can be found in the sample plugin's PluginAction3.cs file and in SamplePluginGlobalSettings.cs.

In PluginAction3.cs:

        public GroupStart AdvancedSettingsGroup = new() { Label = "Advanced Settings" };

        public Checkbox VerboseLoggingCheckbox = new()
        {
            Label = "Verbose Logging",
            PersistenceSettings = new() { Global = true, Setting = "VerboseLogging" }
        };

        public GroupEnd AdvancedSettingsGroupEnd = new();

In SamplePluginGlobalSettings.cs:

    internal class SamplePluginGlobalSettings
    {
        public static SamplePluginGlobalSettings CreateDefaultSettings()
        {
            return new SamplePluginGlobalSettings { VerboseLogging = false };
        }

        public bool VerboseLogging { get; set; }
    }

    [JsonSourceGenerationOptions(PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true)]
    [JsonSerializable(typeof(PluginActionSettings))]
    [JsonSerializable(typeof(PluginAction2Settings))]
    [JsonSerializable(typeof(PluginAction3Settings))]
    [JsonSerializable(typeof(SamplePluginGlobalSettings))]
    internal partial class SamplePluginSerializerContext : JsonSerializerContext { }