How Should the Json Output Look in Nlog? - json

Question

I am using nlog json layout and took this from the example
{
"Logging": {
"NLog": {
"IncludeScopes": false,
"ParseMessageTemplates": true,
"CaptureMessageProperties": true
}
},
"NLog": {
"autoreload": true,
"internalLogLevel": "Info",
"internalLogFile": "c:/temp/console-example-internal2.log",
"throwConfigExceptions": true,
"targets": {
"console": {
"type": "Console",
"layout": "${date}|${level:uppercase=true}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|${logger}|${all-event-properties}"
},
"file": {
"type": "AsyncWrapper",
"target": {
"wrappedFile": {
"type": "File",
"fileName": "c:/temp/console-example2.log",
"layout": {
"type": "JsonLayout",
"Attributes": [
{ "name": "timestamp", "layout": "${date:format=o}" },
{ "name": "level", "layout": "${level}" },
{ "name": "logger", "layout": "${logger}" },
{ "name": "message", "layout": "${message:raw=true}" },
{ "name": "properties", "encode": false, "layout": { "type": "JsonLayout", "includeallproperties": "true" } }
]
}
}
}
}
},
"rules": [
{
"logger": "*",
"minLevel": "Trace",
"writeTo": "File,Console"
}
]
}
}
https://github.com/NLog/NLog.Extensions.Logging/blob/master/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExampleJsonConfig/appsettings.json
on this line I saw this { "name": "message", "layout": "${message:raw=true}" } I changed it to false.
when I do this
var test = "Something";
logger.Info("This is what is stored in the variable: {var}", test);
I get
{
"message": This is what is stored in the variable: \"Something\""
}
Why is it in quotes?
When I change raw to "true" I get
{
"message": This is what is stored in the variable: {test}"
}
how do I just get "This is what is stored in the variable: Something"