Constructor parameter to JsonFormatter given from xml

[Friendry]

Hello, How can I add the 'renderedMessage = true' in the appsettings file for the JsonFormatter? In the code it's easy, but I haven't managed to do this in the appsettings. Normally the 'renderedMessage' is given to the constructor of the JsonFormatter. Is there a way to do this in the in the xml?

The config part of the file looks like this:

<add key="serilog:using:File" value="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="Logs/Log_.txt" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.shared" value="true" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter" value="Serilog.Formatting.Json.JsonFormatter" />

[VictorioBerra]

I just hit this now 3 years later. Anyone have an answer?

We tried:

<add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter.renderedMessage" value="true" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter:renderedMessage" value="true" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter::renderedMessage" value="true" />
<add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter_renderedMessage" value="true" />

[nblumhardt]

Hi @VictorioBerra! I don't think any work's been done on this. Configuration is in a bit of an awkward spot right now, with most energy going into the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration integration, but with some big opportunities to unify and improve all of the configuration methods still on the table. Unfortunately it's a bit of a tedious area to work in.

[VictorioBerra]

Thanks for the reply @nblumhardt

We decided to just configure this specific sink in code instead of configuration. Not ideal but it works.

[tsimbalar]

This is old (and probably outdated) but at some point I tried to document the capabilities of the appsettings support ... maybe there is an example in there :

• https://github.com/tsimbalar/serilog-settings-comparison/blob/master/docs/README.md