How to check log / output in go test?

Question

I have this function that logs an error in some cases:

func readByte(/*...*/){
    // ...
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("ERROR")
        log.Print("Couldn't read first byte")
        return
    }
    // ...
}

Now in the test file I want to check the output error from this function:

    c.Assert(OUTPUT, check.Matches, "teste")

How can I access the magazine? I tried to put a buffer, but it did not work. What is the correct way to catch this log without changing my readByte function code?

Answer 1

For instance,

readbyte_test.go:

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "log"
    "os"
    "testing"
)

func readByte( /*...*/ ) {
    // ...
    err := io.EOF // force an error
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("ERROR")
        log.Print("Couldn't read first byte")
        return
    }
    // ...
}

func TestReadByte(t *testing.T) {
    var buf bytes.Buffer
    log.SetOutput(&buf)
    defer func() {
        log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
    }()
    readByte()
    t.Log(buf.String())
}

Conclusion:

$ go test -v readbyte_test.go 
=== RUN   TestReadByte
ERROR
--- PASS: TestReadByte (0.00s)
    readbyte_test.go:30: 2017/05/22 16:41:00 Couldn't read first byte
PASS
ok      command-line-arguments  0.004s
$