slog: Telegram handler

January 25, 2026 · View on GitHub

A Telegram Handler for slog Go library.

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See also:

slog-multi: slog.Handler chaining, fanout, routing, failover, load balancing...
slog-formatter: slog attribute formatting
slog-sampling: slog sampling policy
slog-mock: slog.Handler for test purposes

HTTP middlewares:

slog-gin: Gin middleware for slog logger
slog-echo: Echo middleware for slog logger
slog-fiber: Fiber middleware for slog logger
slog-chi: Chi middleware for slog logger
slog-http: net/http middleware for slog logger

Loggers:

slog-zap: A slog handler for Zap
slog-zerolog: A slog handler for Zerolog
slog-logrus: A slog handler for Logrus

Log sinks:

slog-datadog: A slog handler for Datadog
slog-betterstack: A slog handler for Betterstack
slog-rollbar: A slog handler for Rollbar
slog-loki: A slog handler for Loki
slog-sentry: A slog handler for Sentry
slog-syslog: A slog handler for Syslog
slog-logstash: A slog handler for Logstash
slog-fluentd: A slog handler for Fluentd
slog-graylog: A slog handler for Graylog
slog-quickwit: A slog handler for Quickwit
slog-slack: A slog handler for Slack
slog-telegram: A slog handler for Telegram
slog-mattermost: A slog handler for Mattermost
slog-microsoft-teams: A slog handler for Microsoft Teams
slog-webhook: A slog handler for Webhook
slog-kafka: A slog handler for Kafka
slog-nats: A slog handler for NATS
slog-parquet: A slog handler for Parquet + Object Storage
slog-channel: A slog handler for Go channels

🚀 Install

go get github.com/samber/slog-telegram/v2

Compatibility: go >= 1.21

No breaking changes will be made to exported APIs before v3.0.0.

💡 Usage

GoDoc: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/samber/slog-telegram/v2

Handler options

type Option struct {
	// log level (default: debug)
	Level slog.Leveler

	// Telegram bot token
	Token string
	// Username of the channel in the form of `@username`
	Username string

	// optional: customize Telegram message builder
	Converter Converter

	// optional: see slog.HandlerOptions
	AddSource   bool
	ReplaceAttr func(groups []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr
}

Attributes will be injected in message.

Other global parameters:

slogtelegram.SourceKey = "source"

Example

import (
	slogtelegram "github.com/samber/slog-telegram/v2"
	"log/slog"
)

func main() {
	token := "xxxx"
	username := "@xxxx"

	logger := slog.New(slogtelegram.Option{Level: slog.LevelDebug, Token: token, Username: username}.NewTelegramHandler())
	logger = logger.With("release", "v1.0.0")

	logger.
		With(
			slog.Group("user",
				slog.String("id", "user-123"),
				slog.Time("created_at", time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1)),
			),
		).
		With("environment", "dev").
		With("error", fmt.Errorf("an error")).
		Error("A message")
}

🤝 Contributing

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Fix open issues or request new features

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# Install some dev dependencies
make tools

# Run tests
make test
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slog: Telegram handler

🚀 Install

💡 Usage

Handler options

Example

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