Inject Serilog's ILogger interface in ASP .NET Core Web API Controller

Question

All the examples I can find about using Serilog in an ASP .NET Core Web Application use Microsoft's ILogger<T> interface instead of using Serilog's ILogger interface.

How do I make it so that Serilog's ILogger can be injected via constructor, instead?

using Serilog;

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    ILogger logger;

    public HomeController(ILogger logger)
    {
        this.logger = logger;
    }

    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        this.logger.Information("Index was called");
        return View();
    }
}

Answer 1

If you prefer ILogger instead of ILogger<HomeController>, you could try to register ILogger.

Here are two options to use Serialog.Information.

1. Use Log.Logger

   Log.Logger.Information("Information Log from Log.Logger");
   

2. Register ILogger

   //Startup.cs
   services.AddSingleton(Log.Logger);
   
   //Use
   public class HomeController : Controller
   {
       private readonly ILogger _logger;
       public HomeController(ILogger logger)
       {
           _logger = logger;
       }
       public IActionResult Index()
       {
           _logger.Information("Inform ILog from ILogger");
           return View();
       }        
   }