Papertrail with Go

papertrail.go

package main

import (
	// "log"
	"log/syslog"
)

func main() {
	pt, err := syslog.Dial("udp", "<host>.papertrailapp.com:11111", syslog.LOG_ERR, "My_App_Name")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	//log.SetOutput(pt) //optional if you want to send log messages to syslog
	//log.Println("Oops.  Something went wrong")

	//standard messages
	pt.Debug("This is a debug message")
	pt.Alert("This is an alert message")

	//if you want to have your own format
	pt.Write([]byte("ERROR HTTP STATUS: 422 Message: You are missing some required fields."))
}