Merge pull request #294 from Skiggz/gelf-fix

Remove GELF flag when capturing custom fields

lib/appenders/gelf.js

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ function gelfAppender (layout, host, port, hostname, facility) {
     var firstData = data[0];
     
     if (!firstData.GELF) return; // identify with GELF field defined
+    // Remove the GELF key, some gelf supported logging systems drop the message with it
+    delete firstData.GELF;
     Object.keys(firstData).forEach(function(key) {
       // skip _id field for graylog2, skip keys not starts with UNDERSCORE
       if (key.match(/^_/) || key !== "_id") { 

test/gelfAppender-test.js

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js gelfAppender').addBatch({
       },
       'should pick up the options': function(message) {
         assert.equal(message.host, 'cheese');
+        assert.isUndefined(message.GELF); // make sure flag was removed
         assert.equal(message._facility, 'nonsense');
         assert.equal(message._every1, 'Hello every one'); // the default value
         assert.equal(message._every2, 'Overwritten!'); // the overwritten value