--- title: slog Handler methods | daily.dev description: A focused look at the slog.Handler interface in Go, specifically the Enabled method. Covers how handler authors can use Enabled to filter log records by level,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-methods-rd0bqycf1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: slog Handler methods | daily.dev og:description: A focused look at the slog.Handler interface in Go, specifically the Enabled method. Covers how handler authors can use Enabled to filter log records by level,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-methods-rd0bqycf1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rd0BqYcF1.png og:image:alt: slog Handler methods og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # slog Handler methods **[Boldly Go](https://daily.dev/sources/boldlygo)** · 2 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A focused look at the slog.Handler interface in Go, specifically the Enabled method. Covers how handler authors can use Enabled to filter log records by level, and how the context.Context parameter enables more flexible filtering logic such as suppressing logs from demo environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does the Enabled method do in Go's slog.Handler interface? Enabled reports whether a handler processes log records at a given level, letting the handler skip work for records that will be discarded. It takes a context.Context and a slog.Level, and is called early before arguments are processed, so returning false saves effort when the log event would otherwise be ignored. _daily.dev surfaces practical breakdowns like this for developers building custom Go logging handlers._ ### Why does slog.Handler's Enabled method take a context.Context argument? The context lets Enabled make decisions using values stored on it, not just the log level. For example, a handler can check a context value such as an environment flag to suppress logging demo data, returning false even when the configured level would otherwise allow the record through. _Understanding context-aware logging decisions helps when daily.dev readers design their own slog handlers._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [slog.Handler](https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-z4ruvm49z) · Boldly Go · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Handler level](https://daily.dev/posts/handler-level-vt77hf1pi) · Boldly Go · 11 upvotes · 0 comments - [slog.Handler.Handle\(\)](https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-handle--illw6gctv) · Boldly Go · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [slog.DiscardHandler](https://daily.dev/posts/slog-discardhandler-eogk9yu22) · Boldly Go · 5 upvotes · 1 comments - [Best Practices for Secure Error Handling in Go](https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-secure-error-handling-in-go-4zsml2ahs) · JetBrains · 3 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#logging](https://daily.dev/tags/logging) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-methods-rd0bqycf1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"slog Handler methods","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-methods-rd0bqycf1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/slog-handler-methods-rd0bqycf1"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T15:46:30.087Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:31:40.061Z","description":"A focused look at the slog.Handler interface in Go, specifically the Enabled method. 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