Improved formatting of message fields. Added some docs. Updated license.

Author: Vladimir Klochan

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013, Volodymyr Klochan
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.

MANIFEST.in

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+include LICENSE
+include README.rst

README.md README.rst

@@ -73,12 +73,15 @@ def add_extra_fields(self, message_dict, record):
 
         for key, value in record.__dict__.items():
             if key not in skip_list:
-                message_dict['@fields'][key] = repr(value)
+                if isinstance(value, (basestring, bool, dict, float, int, list, type(None))):
+                    message_dict['@fields'][key] = value
+                else:
+                    message_dict['@fields'][key] = repr(value)
 
         return message_dict
 
     def format_exception(self, exc_info):
-        return '\n'.join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info)) if exc_info else ''
+        return ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info)) if exc_info else ''
 
     def format_timestamp(self, time):
         return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time).isoformat()

logstash/handler.py

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     packages=['logstash'],
     version='0.1.2',
     description='Python logging handler for Logstash.',
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
-    author='Vladimir Klochan',
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    author='Volodymyr Klochan',
     author_email='[email protected]',
     url='https://github.com/vklochan/python-logstash',
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: Freeware',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',