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uid: Guides.OtherLibs.Serilog
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title: Serilog
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# Configuring serilog
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## Prerequisites
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- A basic working bot with a logging method as described in [Creating your first bot](xref:Guides.GettingStarted.FirstBot)
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## Installing the Serilog package
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You can install the following packages through your IDE or go to the nuget link to grab the dotnet cli command.
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|`Serilog.Extensions.Logging`| [link](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Serilog.Extensions.Logging)|
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|`Serilog.Sinks.Console`| [link](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Serilog.Sinks.Console)|
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## Configuring Serilog
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Serilog will be configured at the top of your async Main method, it looks like this
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[!code-csharp[Configuring serilog](samples/ConfiguringSerilog.cs)]
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## Modifying your logging method
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For Serilog to log Discord events correctly, we have to map the Discord `LogSeverity` to the Serilog `LogEventLevel`. You can modify your log method to look like this.
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[!code-csharp[Modifying your log method](samples/ModifyLogMethod.cs)]
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## Testing
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If you run your application now, you should see something similar to this
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## Using your new logger in other places
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Now that you have set up Serilog, you can use it everywhere in your application by simply calling
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[!code-csharp[Log debug sample](samples/LogDebugSample.cs)]
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> [!NOTE]
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> Depending on your configured log level, the log messages may or may not show up in your console. Refer to [Serilog's github page](https://github.com/serilog/serilog/wiki/Configuration-Basics#minimum-level) for more information about log levels.
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