Fail save json dump for `structlog_convert_to_json_for_new_relic`

server/config/settings/base.py

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import structlog
 from environs import Env
 
 from vbv_lernwelt.core.constants import DEFAULT_RICH_TEXT_FEATURES
-from vbv_lernwelt.core.utils import structlog_add_app_info, structlog_add_to_message
+from vbv_lernwelt.core.utils import (
+    structlog_add_app_info,
+    structlog_convert_to_json_for_new_relic,
+)
 
 SERVER_ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent.parent
 APPS_DIR = SERVER_ROOT_DIR / "vbv_lernwelt"
@@ -474,7 +477,7 @@ else:
             structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
             structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
             structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
-            structlog_add_to_message,
+            structlog_convert_to_json_for_new_relic,
             structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
         ],
         context_class=dict,

server/vbv_lernwelt/core/utils.py

@@ -18,13 +18,26 @@ def structlog_add_app_info(
     return event_dict
 
 
-def structlog_add_to_message(_: logging.Logger, __: str, event_dict: EventDict) -> str:
+class FailSafeJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
-    """
+    def default(self, obj):
-    The *event_dict* is added as dict ``message``.
+        try:
+            return super(FailSafeJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
+        except Exception:
+            return str(obj)
 
-    This allows you to defer formatting to `logging`.
+
+def safe_json_dumps(data, **kwargs):
+    return json.dumps(data, cls=FailSafeJSONEncoder, **kwargs)
+
+
+def structlog_convert_to_json_for_new_relic(
+    _: logging.Logger, __: str, event_dict: EventDict
+) -> str:
     """
-    return json.dumps(event_dict)
+    The *event_dict* is serialized to a json string, so that in New Relic logs
+    the nested keys will show up as attributes.
+    """
+    return safe_json_dumps(event_dict)
 
 
 def structlog_inject_context_dict(test, level, event_dict):