EctoTrail

EctoTrail allows to store changeset changes into a separate audit_log table.

Installation and usage

  1. Add ecto_trail to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:
def deps do
[{:ecto_trail, "~> 0.1.0"}]
end
  1. Ensure ecto_trail is started before your application:
def application do
[extra_applications: [:ecto_trail]]
end
  1. Add a migration that creates audit_log table to priv/repo/migrations folder:
defmodule EctoTrail.TestRepo.Migrations.CreateAuditLogTable do
@moduledoc false
use Ecto.Migration
def change do
create table(:audit_log, primary_key: false) do
add :id, :uuid, primary_key: true
add :actor_id, :string, null: false
add :resource, :string, null: false
add :resource_id, :string, null: false
add :changeset, :map, null: false
timestamps([type: :utc_datetime, updated_at: false])
end
end
end
  1. Use EctoTrail in your repo:
defmodule MyApp.Repo do
use Ecto.Repo, otp_app: :my_app
use EctoTrail
end
  1. Use logging functions instead of defaults. See EctoTrail module docs.

Docs

The docs can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/ecto_trail.