Misleading example in the GELF specification

[jedisct1]

The GELF specification includes a sample JSON string that can be reduced to:

{
  "full_message": "Backtrace here\n\nmore stuff"
}

leading people to think that this is equivalent to:

{
  "full_message": "Backtrace here

more stuff"
}

And that Graylog violates the JSON specification by encouraging straight \n characters within values.

Reference: https://github.com/jedisct1/flowgger/issues/10

Maybe the GELF specification should emphasize the fact that GELF messages are always valid JSON strings, with the same set of characters having to be escaped.

[danotorrey]

@jedisct1 Thank you for the suggestion. Great idea. We are adding a note to this page clarifying that the GELF payload must be valid JSON including only newlines with the appropriate escape sequence.