Mongocxx - how to configure the log level

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How to configure the Log level for the mongocxx?
I have provided custom logger implementation to instance. However, I could not find any way to configure the log level. Looking forward to some help

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Hi @Milind_T ,

You should be able to set the log level with log_level enum - mongo-cxx-driver/logger.hpp at master · mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver · GitHub
API Doc - MongoDB C++ Driver: mongocxx::logger Class Reference
Example - mongo-cxx-driver/logging.cpp at master · mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver · GitHub

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thanks for reply. Yes, I did follow this.

I could not figure out where to set this enum - log_level

Is there any global or any where we need to set “log_level” ?

I found old issue here: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9966
However, this does not seem to be applicable as mongo::logLevel does not exist

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Which Mongo client are you using?
If you want to set log level using database command, you can try db.setLogLevel.
Refer setLogLevel Doc - db.setLogLevel

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This question is specific to C++ mongo driver.
Want to enable debug /trace logging for mongo driver (Mongocxx).

I guess, db.setLogLevel is for changing log level for database. I need it to configure log level for Mongo Driver (c++)

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Hello @Milind_T
Yes . db.setLogLevel is for configuring log level for database.
What is your purpose of Mongo Driver(c++) ? If database connectivity, and then db.setLogLevel can be useful.

You can try logger.operator() . refer, doc

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This does not help. It is just interface method to invoke logging from Mongo driver.
I need something to configure the log level for the mongo c++ driver.

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Just wondering if anyone has used logging before in the c++ driver

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You can look at this example - you’d need to pass a logger to the instance mongo-cxx-driver/connect.cpp at master · mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver · GitHub

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@Milind_T, just posting this here as I found the example from @Rishabh_Bisht helpful but it can be useful to see something here you can just copy/paste:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdint>

#include <mongocxx/client.hpp>
#include <mongocxx/instance.hpp>
#include <mongocxx/logger.hpp>

class logger final : public mongocxx::logger {
   public:
    explicit logger(std::ostream* stream) : _stream(stream) {}

    void operator()(mongocxx::log_level level,
                    bsoncxx::stdx::string_view domain,
                    bsoncxx::stdx::string_view message) noexcept override {
        if (level >= mongocxx::log_level::k_trace)
            return;
        *_stream << '[' << mongocxx::to_string(level) << '@' << domain << "] " << message << '\n';
    }

   private:
    std::ostream* const _stream;
};

int main(int, char**) {
    mongocxx::instance inst{bsoncxx::stdx::make_unique<logger>(&std::cout)};
    mongocxx::uri uri("mongodb+srv://...");

    std::cout << "Connecting to MongoDB Atlas ...\n";
    mongocxx::client conn{uri};

    // ...
}
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thank you! this is helpful

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