From 3d09af50ec5c9ae4b5dfbd6c816dd1d0a461baa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wolfgang Hottgenroth <wolfgang.hottgenroth@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:35:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adjust logging format

---
 src/ma/archiver/archiver.go |  3 ++-
 src/ma/archiver/syslog.go   | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ma/archiver/archiver.go b/src/ma/archiver/archiver.go
index 6ef7f01..0ece4e9 100644
--- a/src/ma/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/src/ma/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package archiver
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"ma/mqtt"
 	"time"
@@ -27,5 +28,5 @@ func InputArchiver() {
 func handleMessage(message Message) {
 	log.Printf("Archiving Timestamp: %s, Topic: %s, Payload: %s", message.Time, message.Topic, message.Payload)
 
-	WriteSyslog(message)
+	WriteSyslog(fmt.Sprintf("| TS: %s | TOPIC: %s | PAYLOAD: %s |", message.Time.String(), message.Topic, message.Payload))
 }
diff --git a/src/ma/archiver/syslog.go b/src/ma/archiver/syslog.go
index f93809b..f4911e0 100644
--- a/src/ma/archiver/syslog.go
+++ b/src/ma/archiver/syslog.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package archiver
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"log/syslog"
 	"ma/config"
@@ -36,34 +35,28 @@ func InitSyslog() {
 	}
 }
 
-func WriteSyslog(message Message) {
+func WriteSyslog(message string) {
 	if syslogWriter != nil {
-		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(message)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Failed to marshal message to JSON: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-
 		// Send to syslog based on configured severity
 		switch config.Config.Syslog.Severity {
 		case "emerg":
-			syslogWriter.Emerg(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Emerg(message)
 		case "alert":
-			syslogWriter.Alert(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Alert(message)
 		case "crit":
-			syslogWriter.Crit(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Crit(message)
 		case "err":
-			syslogWriter.Err(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Err(message)
 		case "warning":
-			syslogWriter.Warning(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Warning(message)
 		case "notice":
-			syslogWriter.Notice(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Notice(message)
 		case "info":
-			syslogWriter.Info(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Info(message)
 		case "debug":
-			syslogWriter.Debug(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Debug(message)
 		default:
-			syslogWriter.Info(string(jsonData))
+			syslogWriter.Info(message)
 		}
 	}
 }