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.. _logger:
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Logger Component
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================
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.. seo::
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:description: Instructions for setting up the central logging component in ESPHome.
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:image: file-document-box.svg
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The logger component automatically logs all log messages through the
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serial port and through MQTT topics (if there is an MQTT client in the
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configuration). By default, all logs with a severity ``DEBUG`` or higher will be shown.
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Increasing the log level severity (to e.g ``INFO`` or ``WARN``) can help with the performance of the application and memory size.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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# Example configuration entry
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logger:
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level: DEBUG
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Configuration variables:
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------------------------
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- **baud_rate** (*Optional*, int): The baud rate to use for the serial
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UART port. Defaults to ``115200``. Set to ``0`` to disable logging via UART.
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- **level** (*Optional*, string): The global log level. Any log message
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with a lower severity will not be shown. Defaults to ``DEBUG``.
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- **logs** (*Optional*, mapping): Manually set the log level for a
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specific component or tag. See :ref:`Manual Log Levels for more
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information <logger-manual_tag_specific_levels>`.
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- **id** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-id`): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.
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Advanced settings:
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- **tx_buffer_size** (*Optional*, int): The size of the buffer used
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for log messages. Decrease this if you’re having memory problems.
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Defaults to ``512``.
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- **hardware_uart** (*Optional*, string): The Hardware UART to use for logging. The default varies depending on
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the specific processor/chip and framework you are using. See the :ref:`table below <logger-default_hardware_interfaces>`.
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- **esp8266_store_log_strings_in_flash** (*Optional*, boolean): If set to false, disables storing
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log strings in the flash section of the device (uses more memory). Defaults to true.
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- **on_message** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An action to be
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performed when a message is to be logged. The variables ``int level``, ``const char* tag`` and
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``const char* message`` are available for lambda processing.
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- **deassert_rts_dtr** (*Optional*, boolean): Deasserts RTS/DTR when opening
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log over UART. This is useful if RTS/DTR signals are directly connected to
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the reset pin or strapping pins. Note: Deassert typically means high on TTL
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level since RTS/DTR are usually low active signals. Defaults to ``false``.
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.. _logger-hardware_uarts:
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Hardware UARTs
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--------------
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The logger component makes use of platform-specific hardware UARTs for serial logging. For example, the ESP32
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has three hardware UARTs, all of which can be used for both transmit and receive. The ESP8266 only has two
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hardware UARTs, one of which is transmit-only. The ESP8266's ``UART0`` can also be "swapped" to TX/RX on the
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CTS/RTS pins in the event that you need to use GPIO1 and GPIO3 for something else.
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Note that many common boards have their USB-to-serial adapters fixed to the default GPIOs used by ``UART0``,
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so if you use any other configuration you will not get log messages over the on-board USB.
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Default UART GPIO Pins
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**********************
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.. list-table::
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:header-rows: 1
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* -
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- ``UART0``
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- ``UART0_SWAP``
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- ``UART1``
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- ``UART2``
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- ``USB_CDC``
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- ``USB_SERIAL_JTAG``
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* - ESP8266
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- TX: 1, RX: 3
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- TX: 15, RX: 13
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- TX: 2, RX: N/A
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- N/A
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- N/A
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- N/A
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* - ESP32
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- TX: 1, RX: 3
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- N/A
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- TX: 10, RX: 9
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- TX: 17, RX: 16
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- N/A
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- N/A
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* - ESP32-C3
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- TX: 21, RX: 20
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- N/A
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- Undefined
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- N/A
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- N/A
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- 18/19
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* - ESP32-S2
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- TX: 43, RX: 44
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- N/A
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- TX: 17, RX: 18
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- N/A
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- 19/20
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- N/A
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* - ESP32-S3
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- TX: 43, RX: 44
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- N/A
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- TX: 17, RX: 18
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- Undefined
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- 19/20
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- 19/20
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*Undefined* means that the logger component cannot use this harware UART at this time.
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.. _logger-default_hardware_interfaces:
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Default Hardware Interfaces
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---------------------------
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Because of the wide variety of boards and processors/chips available, we've selected varying default
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hardware interfaces for logging. Many newer boards based on ESP32 variants (such as the C3, S2 and S3)
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are using the ESP's on-board USB hardware peripheral while boards based on older processors (such as
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the original ESP32 or ESP8266) continue to use USB-to-serial bridge ICs for communication.
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.. list-table::
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:header-rows: 1
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* -
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- Arduino
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- ESP-IDF
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* - ESP8266
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- ``UART0``
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- N/A
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* - ESP32
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- ``UART0``
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- ``UART0``
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* - ESP32-C3
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- ``USB_CDC``
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- ``USB_SERIAL_JTAG``
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* - ESP32-S2
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- ``USB_CDC``
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- ``USB_CDC``
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* - ESP32-S3
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- ``USB_CDC``
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- ``USB_SERIAL_JTAG``
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* - RP2040
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- ``USB_CDC``
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- N/A
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.. _logger-log_levels:
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Log Levels
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----------
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Possible log levels are (sorted by severity):
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- ``NONE``
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- No messages are logged.
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- ``ERROR``
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- With this log level, only errors are logged. Errors are issues that prevent the ESP from working
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correctly. Color: red
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- ``WARN``
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- With this log level, warnings and errors are logged. Warnings are issues like invalid readings from
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sensors that ESPHome can recover from. Color: yellow
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- ``INFO``
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- With this log level, everything up to info messages are logged; so errors, warnings and info. Color: green
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- ``DEBUG`` (**Default**)
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- Everything up to this log level is logged. Debug messages include the current readings from a sensor
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and status messages. Color: cyan
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- ``VERBOSE``
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- Like debug, but a few more messages that are usually deemed to be spam are also included. Color: grey
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- ``VERY_VERBOSE``
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- All internal messages are logged. Including all the data flowing through data buses like
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I²C, SPI or UART. Warning: May cause the device to slow down and have trouble staying
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connecting due to amount of generated messages. Color: white
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.. _logger-manual_tag_specific_levels:
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Manual Tag-Specific Log Levels
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------------------------------
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If some component is spamming the logs and you want to manually set the
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log level for it, first identify the tag of the log messages in question
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and then disable them in your configuration.
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Suppose we want to have verbose log messages globally, but the MQTT
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client spams too much. In the following example, we’d first see that the
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tag of the MQTT client is ``mqtt.client`` (before the first colon) and
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the tag for MQTT components is ``mqtt.component``.
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.. figure:: images/logger-manual_log_level.png
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Next, we can manually set the log levels in the configuration like this:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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logger:
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level: VERBOSE
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logs:
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mqtt.component: DEBUG
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mqtt.client: ERROR
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Please note that the global log level determines what log messages are
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saved in the binary. So for example an ``INFO`` global log message will
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purge all ``DEBUG`` log statements from the binary in order to conserve
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space. This however means that you cannot set tag-specific log levels
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that have a lower severity than the global log level.
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.. _logger-log_action:
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``logger.log`` Action
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---------------------
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Print a formatted message to the logs.
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In the ``format`` option, you can use ``printf``-style formatting (see :ref:`display-printf`).
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.. code-block:: yaml
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on_...:
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then:
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- logger.log: "Hello World"
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# Formatted:
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- logger.log:
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format: "The temperature sensor reports value %.1f and humidity %.1f"
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args: [ 'id(temperature_sensor).state', 'id(humidity_sensor).state' ]
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Configuration options:
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- **format** (**Required**, string): The format for the message in :ref:`printf-style <display-printf>`.
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- **args** (*Optional*, list of :ref:`lambda <config-lambda>`): The optional arguments for the
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format message.
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- **level** (*Optional*, string): The :ref:`log level <logger-log_levels>` to print the message
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with. Defaults to ``DEBUG``.
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- **tag** (*Optional*, string): The tag (seen in front of the message in the logs) to print the message
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with. Defaults to ``main``.
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Logger Automation
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-----------------
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.. _logger-on_message:
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``on_message``
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**************
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This automation will be triggered when a new message is added to the log.
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In :ref:`lambdas <config-lambda>` you can get the message, log level and tag from the trigger
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using ``message`` (``const char *``), ``level`` (``int``) and ``tag`` (``const char *``).
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.. code-block:: yaml
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logger:
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# ...
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on_message:
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level: ERROR
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then:
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- mqtt.publish:
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topic: some/topic
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payload: !lambda |-
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return "Triggered on_message with level " + to_string(level) + ", tag " + tag + " and message " + message;
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.. note::
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Logging will not work in the ``on_message`` trigger. You can't use the :ref:`logger.log <logger-log_action>` action
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and the ``ESP_LOGx`` logging macros in this automation.
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See Also
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--------
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- :doc:`/components/uart`
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- :apiref:`logger/logger.h`
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- :ghedit:`Edit`
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