feature [logger] add status logging param

'logger' is required to facilitate logging to the journaling system.

.gitattributes

@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@
 *.bat      text eol=crlf
 *.cmd      text eol=crlf
 
+# web frontend stack -- force LF so SRI hashes are always correct
+*.html     text eol=lf
+*.htm      text eol=lf
+*.css      text eol=lf
+*.min.css  text eol=lf
+*.js       text eol=lf
+*.min.js   text eol=lf
+*.php      text eol=lf
+
+# Visual Studio projects (Rider also)
+*.cs     diff=csharp
+*.sln    merge=union
+*.csproj merge=union
+*.vbproj merge=union
+*.fsproj merge=union
+*.dbproj merge=union
+
 # Serialisation
 *.json     text
 *.toml     text
@@ -79,3 +96,5 @@
 .gitattributes  export-ignore
 .gitignore      export-ignore
 .gitkeep        export-ignore
+.idea           export-ignore
+.vscode         export-ignore

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,35 @@
+#
+# JetBrains exclusions
+#
+
+riderModule.iml
+/_ReSharper.Caches/
+
+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+# Generated files
+.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+.idea/**/GitCommitMessageStorage.xml
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+
+# modules
+.idea_modules/
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# project-specific exclusions
 *.log

.idea/developer-tools.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="DeveloperToolsToolWindowSettingsV1" lastSelectedContentNodeId="base64-encoder-decoder" pluginVersion="9.0.0">
+    <developerToolsConfigurations />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/git_toolbox_prj.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="GitToolBoxProjectSettings">
+    <option name="commitMessageIssueKeyValidationOverride">
+      <BoolValueOverride>
+        <option name="enabled" value="true" />
+      </BoolValueOverride>
+    </option>
+    <option name="commitMessageValidationEnabledOverride">
+      <BoolValueOverride>
+        <option name="enabled" value="true" />
+      </BoolValueOverride>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/indexLayout.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="UserContentModel">
+    <attachedFolders />
+    <explicitIncludes />
+    <explicitExcludes />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="com.itcodebox.notebooks.projectservice.ProjectUIState">
+    <option name="selectedNotebookId" value="1" />
+    <option name="selectedChapterId" value="1" />
+    <option name="selectedNoteId" value="1" />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/projectSettingsUpdater.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RiderProjectSettingsUpdater">
+    <option name="singleClickDiffPreview" value="1" />
+    <option name="unhandledExceptionsIgnoreList" value="1" />
+    <option name="vcsConfiguration" value="3" />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/vcs.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>

cfddns.sh

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #
 # update Cloudflare DNS records with current (dynamic) IP address
 #    Script by Asif Bacchus <asif@bacchus.cloud>
-#    Last modified: May 10, 2021
-#    Version 2.2
+#    Last modified: July 19, 2026
+#    Version 3.0
 #
 
 ### text formatting presets using tput
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ scriptHelp() {
   textBlock "Switch value. Output log to console (stdout) instead of a log file. Can be combined with --nc if desired."
   textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
   newline
+  textBlockSwitches "--log-journal"
+  textBlock "Switch value. Output a structured log entry to your journaling system instead of a log file. Implies --nc."
+  textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
+  newline
   textBlockSwitches "--no-log"
   textBlock "Switch value. Do not create a log (i.e. no console, no file). You will not have *any* output from the script if you choose this option, so you will not know if updates succeeded or failed."
   textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ writeLog() {
 scriptPath="$(CDPATH='' \cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)"
 scriptName="$(basename "$0")"
 logFile="$scriptPath/${scriptName%.*}.log"
+logToJournal=0
 accountFile="$scriptPath/cloudflare.credentials"
 colourizeLogFile=1
 dnsRecords=""
@@ -292,6 +297,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   # log to the console instead of a file
     logFile="/dev/stdout"
     ;;
+  --log-journal)
+  # log to the journal system instead of a file
+    logToJournal=1
+    ;;
   --no-log)
   # do not log anything
     logFile="/dev/null"
@@ -364,6 +373,10 @@ fi
 if [ ! -f "$accountFile" ] || [ ! -s "$accountFile" ]; then
   badParam errMsg "Cannot find Cloudflare credentials file (${accountFile}). Exiting."
 fi
+if ! command -v logger >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  printf "\n%sThis script requires 'logger' be installed to write entries to your journaling system. Exiting.%s\n\n" "$err" "$norm"
+  exit 2
+fi
 # turn off log file colourization if parameter is set
 if [ "$colourizeLogFile" -eq 0 ]; then
   bold=""
@@ -378,6 +391,7 @@ fi
 
 ### initial log entries
 {
+
   printf "%s[%s] -- Cloudflare DDNS update-script: starting --%s\n" "$ok" "$(stamp)" "$norm"
   printf "Parameters:\n"
   printf "script path: %s\n" "$scriptPath/$scriptName"
@@ -415,7 +429,9 @@ fi
     record="${dnsRecordsToUpdate%%${dnsSeparator}*}"
     dnsRecordsToUpdate="${dnsRecordsToUpdate#*${dnsSeparator}}"
 
-        if [ -z "$record" ]; then continue; fi
+    if [ -z "$record" ]; then
+      continue
+    fi
     printf "updating record: %s\n" "$record"
   done
 
@@ -426,13 +442,13 @@ fi
 writeLog process "Reading Cloudflare credentials"
 case "$accountFile" in
 /*)
-    # absolute path, use as-is
-    # shellcheck source=./cloudflare.credentials
+# absolute path, use as-is
+# shellcheck source=./cloudflare.credentials
   . "$accountFile"
   ;;
 *)
-    # relative path, rewrite
-    # shellcheck source=./cloudflare.credentials
+# relative path, rewrite
+# shellcheck source=./cloudflare.credentials
   . "./$accountFile"
   ;;
 esac
@@ -459,13 +475,17 @@ while [ -n "$dnsRecordsToUpdate" ] && [ "$dnsRecordsToUpdate" != "$dnsSeparator"
   record="${dnsRecordsToUpdate%%${dnsSeparator}*}"
   dnsRecordsToUpdate="${dnsRecordsToUpdate#*${dnsSeparator}}"
 
-    if [ -z "$record" ]; then continue; fi
+  if [ -z "$record" ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
   writeLog process "Processing ${record}"
 
   # exit if curl/network error
-    if ! cfLookup="$(curl -s -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${cfZoneId}/dns_records?name=${record}&type=${recordType}" \
+  if ! cfLookup="$(
+    curl -s -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${cfZoneId}/dns_records?name=${record}&type=${recordType}" \
       -H "Authorization: Bearer ${cfKey}" \
-        -H "Content-Type: application/json")"; then
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json"
+  )"; then
     writeLog process-error
     exitError 3
   fi
@@ -506,10 +526,12 @@ while [ -n "$dnsRecordsToUpdate" ] && [ "$dnsRecordsToUpdate" != "$dnsSeparator"
   updateJSON="$(jq -n --arg key0 content --arg value0 "${ipAddress}" '{($key0):$value0}')"
 
   # exit if curl/network error
-    if ! cfResult="$(curl -s -X PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${cfZoneId}/dns_records/${objectId}" \
+  if ! cfResult="$(
+    curl -s -X PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${cfZoneId}/dns_records/${objectId}" \
       -H "Authorization: Bearer ${cfKey}" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-        --data "${updateJSON}")"; then
+      --data "${updateJSON}"
+  )"; then
     writeLog process-error
     exitError 3
   fi

logger.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+getTimeStamp() {
+  (date +%F" "%T)
+}
+
+uppercase() {
+    echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:] [:upper:]'
+}
+
+# $1: message, $2: level, $3: status, $4: operation, $5: code
+writeJsonLog() {
+  PROGRAM_NAME="cfddns"
+  DEFAULT_CODE=99
+  DEFAULT_LEVEL="info"
+  DEFAULT_MESSAGE="An unspecified error has occurred"
+  DEFAULT_OPERATION="unspecified"
+  DEFAULT_STATUS="ERR"
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    PROPS="$(
+      jq --null-input \
+        --arg level "err" \
+        --arg pName "$PROGRAM_NAME" \
+        --arg operation "$DEFAULT_OPERATION" \
+        --arg status "$DEFAULT_STATUS" \
+        --arg code "$DEFAULT_CODE" \
+        --arg message "$DEFAULT_MESSAGE" \
+        '{"level":$level, "programName":$pName, "status":$status, "operation":$operation, "code":$code, "message":$message}' \
+    )"
+  else
+    PROPS="$(
+      jq --null-input \
+        --arg level "${2:-$DEFAULT_LEVEL}" \
+        --arg pName "$PROGRAM_NAME" \
+        --arg status "$(uppercase "${3:-$DEFAULT_STATUS}")" \
+        --arg operation "${4:-$DEFAULT_OPERATION}" \
+        --arg code "${5:-$DEFAULT_CODE}" \
+        --arg message "$1" \
+        '{"level":$level, "programName":$pName, "status":$status, "operation":$operation, "code":$code, "message":$message}' \
+    )"
+  fi
+
+  echo "$PROPS" | jq "."
+  return
+}
+
+# $1: message, $2: level, $3: status,  $4: operation, $5: code
+writeJournalLog() {
+  PROGRAM_NAME="cfddns"
+  DEFAULT_CODE=99
+  DEFAULT_LEVEL="info"
+  DEFAULT_MESSAGE="An unspecified error has occurred"
+  DEFAULT_OPERATION="unspecified"
+  DEFAULT_STATUS="ERR"
+
+  # translate error levels
+  if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+    LOG_LEVEL=1
+  else
+    case "$2" in
+    "emergency" | "emerg")
+      LOG_LEVEL=7
+      ;;
+    "alert")
+      LOG_LEVEL=6
+      ;;
+    "critical" | "crit")
+      LOG_LEVEL=5
+      ;;
+    "error" | "err")
+      LOG_LEVEL=4
+      ;;
+    "warning" | "warn")
+      LOG_LEVEL=3
+      ;;
+    "notice")
+      LOG_LEVEL=2
+      ;;
+    "info")
+      LOG_LEVEL=1
+      ;;
+    "debug")
+      LOG_LEVEL=0
+      ;;
+    esac
+  fi
+
+  # log the message
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    logger --journald <<end
+MESSAGE_ID="$(systemd-id128 new)"
+SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP="$(getTimeStamp)"
+SYSLOG_FACILITY=3
+SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER="${PROGRAM_NAME}"
+PRIORITY=4
+ERRNO="${DEFAULT_CODE}"
+OPERATION="${DEFAULT_OPERATION}"
+MESSAGE="${DEFAULT_MESSAGE}"
+STATUS="${DEFAULT_STATUS}"
+end
+  else
+    logger --journald <<end
+MESSAGE_ID="$(systemd-id128 new)"
+SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP="$(getTimeStamp)"
+SYSLOG_FACILITY=3
+SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER="${PROGRAM_NAME}"
+PRIORITY="${LOG_LEVEL}"
+ERRNO="${5:-$DEFAULT_CODE}"
+OPERATION="${4:-$DEFAULT_OPERATION}"
+MESSAGE="$1"
+STATUS="${3:-$DEFAULT_STATUS}"
+end
+  fi
+
+  return
+}
+
+if [ "$1" = "json" ]; then
+  writeJsonLog # this will generate a generic error message
+  writeJsonLog "This is a test message" # generate this message at the default level with the default code
+  writeJsonLog "This is a test message" "warning" # generate this message at the 'warning' level with the default code
+  writeJsonLog "This is a test message" "error" "testing" # generate this message at the 'error' level, part of a 'test' operation, and with the default code
+  writeJsonLog "This is a test message" "alert" "testing" 10 # generate this message at the 'alert' level with all parameters set
+elif [ "$1" = "journal" ]; then
+  writeJournalLog # this will generate a generic error message
+  writeJournalLog "This is a test message" # generate this message at the default level with the default code
+  writeJournalLog "This is a test message" "warning" # generate this message at the 'warning' level with the default code
+  writeJournalLog "This is a test message" "error" "testing" # generate this message at the 'error' level as part of a 'test' operation, and with the default code
+  writeJournalLog "This is a test message" "alert" "testing" 10 # generate this message at the 'alert' level with all parameters set
+else
+  printf "\nPlease specify either 'json' or 'journal' after the script name. Exiting.\n\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0