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+BSD 3-Clause License
+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# katip-syslog
+
+This Haskell package provides a simple Katip Scribe which logs to syslog.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/katip-syslog.cabal b/katip-syslog.cabal
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+name:                katip-syslog
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Syslog Katip Scribe
+description:         A simple Katip Scribe which logs to syslog
+homepage:            https://github.com/iconnect/katip-syslog#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Alfredo Di Napoli
+maintainer:          alfredo@irisconnect.co.uk
+copyright:           2017 IRIS Connect Engineering Team
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+bug-reports:         http://github.com/iconnect/katip-syslog/issues
+
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+Source-Repository head
+    type:               git
+    location:           https://github.com/iconnect/katip-syslog.git
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Katip.Scribes.Syslog
+  build-depends:       base  >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , katip < 0.4.0.0
+                     , hsyslog >= 4 && < 5
+                     , text < 1.3.0.0
+                     , string-conv < 0.2
+                     , aeson < 2.0.0.0
+                     , bytestring < 0.12
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite katip-syslog-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , katip-syslog
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/iconnect/katip-syslog
diff --git a/src/Katip/Scribes/Syslog.hs b/src/Katip/Scribes/Syslog.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+module Katip.Scribes.Syslog
+    ( mkSyslogScribe
+    ) where
+
+
+import           Control.Exception (try, SomeException)
+import           Control.Monad
+import           Data.Aeson (encode)
+import           Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+import           Data.String.Conv
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import           Katip.Core
+import           System.Posix.Syslog
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | A syslog `Scribe` which respects the main Katip's guidelines.
+-- Returns a tuple containing the `Scribe` and a finaliser.
+mkSyslogScribe :: Namespace -> Severity -> Verbosity -> IO (Scribe, IO ())
+mkSyslogScribe ns sev verb = do
+  let identifier = T.intercalate "." (unNamespace ns)
+  let cfg = defaultConfig {  identifier   = toS identifier
+                           , options      = [PID, CONS, ODELAY, NDELAY]
+                           , priorityMask = NoMask -- Katip does the masking for us.
+                           }
+  let scribe = Scribe $ \ i@Item{..} -> do
+                            when (permitItem sev i) $ do
+                              res <- try $ withSyslog cfg $ \syslog -> syslog USER (toSyslogPriority _itemSeverity) (toS $ formatItem verb i)
+                              case res of
+                                Left (e :: SomeException) -> putStrLn (show e)
+                                Right () -> return ()
+  return (scribe, return ())
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Syslog won't handle correctly things like newlines, so it's programmer's
+-- responsibility to escape those.
+formatItem :: LogItem a => Verbosity -> Item a -> ByteString
+formatItem verb = encode . itemJson verb
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+toSyslogPriority :: Severity -> Priority
+toSyslogPriority DebugS      =  Debug
+toSyslogPriority InfoS       =  Info
+toSyslogPriority NoticeS     =  Notice
+toSyslogPriority WarningS    =  Warning
+toSyslogPriority ErrorS      =  Error
+toSyslogPriority CriticalS   =  Critical
+toSyslogPriority AlertS      =  Alert
+toSyslogPriority EmergencyS  =  Emergency
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented"