using System;

using NLog;

using NLog.Layouts;

public class Program

{

    // Manual configuration of NLOG

    public static void Main()

    {

        try

        {

            var config = new NLog.Config.LoggingConfiguration();

            var logconsole = new NLog.Targets.ConsoleTarget("console");

            // Rules for mapping loggers to targets            

            config.AddRule(LogLevel.Debug, LogLevel.Fatal, logconsole);

            var jsonLayout = new JsonLayout()

            {

                Attributes =

                {

                    new JsonAttribute("time", "${longdate}"),

                    new JsonAttribute("message", "${message}"),

                    new JsonAttribute("exceptionMessage", "${exception:format=Message}"),

                    new JsonAttribute("innerException", new JsonLayout

                    {

​

                        Attributes =

                        {

                            new JsonAttribute("type", "${exception:format=:innerFormat=Type:MaxInnerExceptionLevel=1:InnerExceptionSeparator=}"),

                            new JsonAttribute("message", "${exception:format=:innerFormat=Message:MaxInnerExceptionLevel=1:InnerExceptionSeparator=}"),

                        }

                    },

                    //don't escape layout

                    false)

                },

            };

            jsonLayout.IncludeAllProperties = true;

            logconsole.Layout = jsonLayout;

            // Apply config           

            NLog.LogManager.Configuration = config;

        }

        catch (Exception ex)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Error while initializing nlog " + ex.Message.ToString());

            throw;

        }

        new LoggingTest().MakeLogNoise();

    }

    class LoggingTest {

        protected static readonly Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();

        public void MakeLogNoise(){

            _logger.Debug(new Exception(), "Error for url {0}. Status code: {1} Error Message: {2}", "SampleUrl", "500", "Error Message");

            _logger.Debug(new Exception(), "Error for url {url}. Status code: {statusCode} Error Message: {errorMessage}", "SampleUrl", "500", "Error Message");

​

        }

    }

}