From e16021ee49e11b4c818870963c2a460aaeeb0377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Piotr Biernat <keedosn@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:17:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added Ping method to the logger class

---
 fluentd/logger.go | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fluentd/logger.go b/fluentd/logger.go
index 5e01875..cbbc309 100644
--- a/fluentd/logger.go
+++ b/fluentd/logger.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fluentd
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
@@ -38,11 +37,15 @@ func (l *Logger) Log(format string, v ...any) {
 }
 
 func (l *Logger) Ping() error {
-	if l.fluent.RequestAck {
-		return nil
+	mapData := map[string]string{
+		"message": "Checking is Fluentd alive",
+	}
+	err := l.fluent.Post(l.appName, mapData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	return errors.New("Logger service is unavailable")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (l *Logger) Close() error {