consolate

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consolate

Customize your Node.JS console like a dignitary.

Easily create intuitive log functions on the console object—even override built-in console functions (error, info, warn, etc.) And while you're at it, feel free to easily define colors, prefixes, and bullets that can automatically animate cli-cursors.

examples/6-cicd-pipeline.js

Index

Examples

Super-simple Custom Console Method

examples/1-simple-custom-method.js

var consolate = require('consolate')
 
consolate.init({
   arrow: {
      color: consolate.colors.cyan,
      prefix: {
         chars: '>>>>>----->',
         color: consolate.colors.lightCyan
      }
   }
})
 
console.arrow('My customized "arrow" log method!')
 
setTimeout(() => {
    console.arrow('Just think of the possibilities :-)')
}, 1500)
 
setTimeout(() => {
    console.arrow('And we haven\'t even scratched the surface.')
}, 3000)
 
setTimeout(() => {
    console.arrow('Okay, one more time before moving on.')
    console.log()
}, 4500)

Overriding Built-in Console Methods

examples/2-console-overrides-on-built-in-methods.js

Animated vs Static Bullets

examples/3-animated-and-static-bullets.js

Smart Log Argument Handling

examples/4-smart-log-argument-handling.js

Apollo 11

examples/5-apollo-11.js

CI/CD Pipeline Console

examples/6-cicd-pipeline.js

API Reference

consolate.init(options)

The initialization function that must be called to enable consolate.

Kind: static method of consolate

Param Type Description
options consolateOptions (or string) Options object with values that drive consolate behavior OR this parameter can be a filepath to options yaml file. If options is not provided, then a default options file consolate.yml will be searched for in working directory. See example #6 (examples/6-cicd-pipeline.js) for an example options yaml file.

consolate~colors : enum

Color representations of ANSI output text codes that consolate supports.

Kind: inner enum of consolate
Read only: true
Properties

Name Type Default Description
reset number 0 Not a color, per se...rather used to reset the active color back to default
default number 39 The default color configured by your terminal
black number 30
red number 31
green number 32
yellow number 33
blue number 34
magenta number 35
cyan number 36
lightGray number 37
darkGray number 90
lightRed number 91
lightGreen number 92
lightYellow number 93
lightBlue number 94
lightMagenta number 95
lightCyan number 96
white number 97

consolate~restore

Restores the console object back to its native state by removing all consolate modifications.

Kind: inner constant of consolate

consolate~consolateOptions : Object

The consolate options object that defines output methods and their respective settings and/or overrides existing log methods and their behavior.

Kind: inner typedef of consolate
Properties

Name Type Description
key string The name of an output method (built-in or user-defined), which consolate will use to create a log method (of same name) on the console object.
value outputMethodSettings The settings to apply to the respecive output method.

consolate~outputMethodSettings : Object

An object that represents the settings for the output method that has the same name as this object's key.

Kind: inner typedef of consolate
Properties

Name Type Description
inPlace boolean Specifies that when a series of calls are made for this output method, all subsequent output will be rendered on the same line after the initial call—in effect overwriting the previous console output.
color colors The color to use for the output text.
prefix prefix The prefix option (if any) to use for this output method.
bullet bullet The bullet option (if any) to use for this output method.

consolate~prefix : Object

Specifies preferences (if any) for including an automatic prefix to all console output for an output method.

Kind: inner typedef of consolate
Properties

Name Type Description
chars string One or more characters to use as the prefix.
color colors The color to use for the prefix text.
leftPadding number The number of spaces to pad on the left side of the prefix.
rightPadding number The number of spaces to pad on the right side of the prefix.

consolate~bullet : Object

Specifies preferences (if any) for including an automatic left-aligned bullet to all console output for an output method.

Kind: inner typedef of consolate
Properties

Name Type Description
cliSpinner string For an animated bullet, this is the spinner name to use per the cli-spinners library. Note: The animation will continue until a different output method is called, which will then overwrite the animation output, thus stopping and clearing it.
chars string For a static (non-animated) bullet, this is one or more characters to use as the bullet. This property is ignored if cliSpinner is specified.
color colors The color to use for the bullet text.
leftPadding number The number of spaces to pad on the left side of the bullet.
rightPadding number The number of spaces to pad on the right side of the bullet.

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