Use eliot-tree to view papertrail logs. Requires: papertrail, jq, eliot-tree, and a papertrail API token

eliot-papertrail.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -o errexit

eliot_cmd="eliot-prettyprint"
eliot_args=()
papertrail_args=("--json")
jq_term=".events[].message"
grep_cmd="cat"
grep_args=("-")

usage() {
    cat <<EOF 1>&2
Usage: eliot-papertrail [-hcf]
                        [-p <papertrail-group (str)>]
                        [-s <papertrail-system (str)>]
                        [-t <time filter (str)>]
                        [-g <grep search text (str)>]
                        [-l <eliot field-limit (int)>]
EOF
}

if [[ "$1" = "--help" || "$1" = "help" ]] ; then
    usage
    exit 0
fi

while getopts ":hfcp:s:t:g:l:" o; do
    case "${o}" in
        p)
            papertrail_args+=("--group" "${OPTARG}")
            ;;
        s)
            papertrail_args+=("--system" "${OPTARG}")
            ;;
        t)
            eliot_cmd="eliot-tree"
            papertrail_args+=("--min-time" "${OPTARG}")
            jq_term=".message"
            ;;
        g)
            grep_cmd="grep"
            grep_args=("${OPTARG}")
            ;;
        l)
            eliot_cmd="eliot-tree"
            eliot_args+=("--field-limit" "${OPTARG}")
            ;;
        c)
            eliot_cmd="eliot-tree"
            eliot_args+=("--color" "always")
            ;;
        f)
            papertrail_args+=("--follow")
            ;;
        h)
            usage
            exit 0
            ;;
        *)
            usage
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

papertrail "${papertrail_args[@]}" \
    | jq -r "${jq_term}" \
    | $grep_cmd "${grep_args[@]}" \
    | $eliot_cmd "${eliot_args[@]}"