Configuring sink via LoggerConfiguration.ReadFrom.Configuration()

I’m probably doing something wrong here, but I cannot get Http sink to work when configuring via the appSettings route. Maybe this is simply not supported?

Step 1: Describe your environment

.NET Core

Step 2: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

1. Configure sink via IConfigurationRoot

    "Serilog": {
        "MinimumLevel": "Debug",
        "Using": [ "Serilog.Sinks.Http" ],
        "WriteTo": [
            {
                "Name": "Http",
                "Args": { "requestUri": "http://127.0.0.1:38421/" }
            }
     }

1. Feed above config to (new LoggerConfiguration().ReadFrom.Configuration(...))
2. Run

Observed results

• The Http sink is not present in the sinks collection and I receive no sort of error to troubleshoot
• Same configuration and code works with other sinks such as LiterateConsole
• The Http sink DOES work if I configure it via .WriteTo.Http(...) but we need per-environment configuration and would like it to work as other sinks

Expected results

• Expected configuration above to result in a Serilog.Core.Logger instance with an Http sink instance in the _sinks property.

[FantasticFiasco]

@nblumhardt you are correct, I got it wrong when describing it as a PR. Your proposed solution is a good one, I will try it out.

I think the initiative of having an alternative solution to the problem is a dead fish in the water. I’ll close the issue.

[nblumhardt]

@FantasticFiasco the issue you’ve linked is not a PR; I don’t think there is likely to be movement on it for a while as we don’t yet have a proposed design, nor any further feedback. Would implementing a specific extension method here, but marking it [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Hidden)] be a good workaround that doesn’t pollute IntelliSense? Cheers!