Node.js native logger
Because I just need a very simple logger to view log messages in terminal.
I have used many loggers and they are all good, but their great features I almost never use.
In addition, I don't like the complexity of the concepts formatter
, transport
, etc.
- print out the logs to terminal, different colors for each type of log
- allow distinguishing where the log comes from using namespace
- trigger events to add more handlers, e.g saving to a database
- extremely fast, only native
console.log
andconsole.error
with very little tweaking
-
Node.js
pnpm i nanolog
import { logger, debug, info, error, trace } from '@teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis'
// regular usage
debug('This is debug message')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | DEBUG | This is debug message
debug('This is info message')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | INFO | This is info message
error('This is error message')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | ERROR | This is error message
trace('This is trace message')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | TRACE | This is error message
// tracing data
// create logger instance for service `dataminer`
const dataminerLog = logger('dataminer')
dataminerLog.debug('Connecting to Postgres Database')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | dataminer | DEBUG | Connecting to Postgres Database
dataminerLog.error('Could not connect to Postgres Database')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | dataminer | ERROR | Could not connect to Postgres Database
// create logger instance for module `normalizer` in service `dataminer`
const normalizerLog = dataminerLog.branch('normalizer')
normalizerLog.debug('Fill the missing values')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | dataminer / normalizer | DEBUG | Fill the missing values
normalizerLog.debug('Resolve inconsistent data')
// --> {PID} | {TIME} | dataminer / normalizer | DEBUG | Resolve inconsistent data
-
namespace
: optional, e.g "servicename", "service:module", "node1:serviceX:module8", etc -
options
: optional-
enable
: Boolean, enable logger or not (default:true
) -
print
: Boolean, print out log or not (default:true
) -
event
: Boolean, trigger events or not (default:false
) -
separator
: String, to display the namespace by level (default:/
)
-
Returns a logger instance, with the following methods:
-
debug()
: print out debug log -
info()
: print out info log -
error()
: print out error log -
trace()
: print out trace log and tracing data -
brance()
: create logger instance at sub level of current instance
Note:
- No problem to create multi logger instances with the same namesapce
-
logger('service:module:component')
andlogger('service').branch('module').branch('component')
are similar
Print out debug message.
import { debug } from '@teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis'
debug('This is debug message')
// --> 201374 | 2022-07-27T13:02:13.240Z | DEBUG | This is debug message
debug('Welcome message', { name: 'Alice' }, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
// --> 201374 | 2022-07-27T13:02:13.243Z | DEBUG | Welcome message { name: 'Alice' } [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
Print out error message.
import { error } from '@teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis'
error('Error occurred while sending email', { subject: 'Hello', body: 'hi Bob, Long time no see' })
// --> 204753 | 2022-07-27T13:05:53.395Z | ERROR | Error occurred while sending email { subject: 'Hello', body: 'hi Bob, Long time no see' }
Print out tracing log and data.
import { trace } from '@teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis'
trace(new Error('Something went wrong'))
Event listener allows to add more actions on the logs when they are printed out, such as write to file, insert into database or send to somewhere.
This simple approach frees the lazy developers like me from the unnecessary confusions.
Events will be applied to all existing logger instances, which have event
option enabled.
import { logger, onDebug } from '@teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis'
const appLog = logger('myapp', { event: true })
onDebug((entry) => {
// do everything with log data entry
const {
namespace,
level,
ts,
args,
message,
} = entry
})
appLog.debug('Load user data from backup file')
Same as onDebug()
, but triggered with info
log.
Same as onDebug()
, but triggered with error
log.
Same as onDebug()
, but triggered with trace
log.
git clone https://github.com/teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis.git
cd @teamteanpm2024/ea-fugiat-corporis
pnpm i
pnpm test
# evaluation
pnpm eval
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