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console-stamp
This module enables you to patch the console's methods in Node.js, to add timestamp prefix based on a given string pattern, and more...
Usage
Install
npm install console-stamp
Patching the console
require("console-stamp")(console, [options]);
console
The global console or custom console.
options {Object|String}
From version 2.0 the second parameter is an object with several options. As a backward compatibillity feature this parameter can be a string containing the pattern.
-
options.pattern {String}
A string with date format based on Javascript Date Format
Default: "ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss" -
options.formatter {Function}
A custom date formatter that should return a formmatted date string. -
options.label {Boolean}
If true it will show the label (LOG | INFO | WARN | ERROR)
Default: true -
options.include {Array}
An array containing the methods to include in the patch
Default: ["log", "info", "warn", "error", "dir", "assert"] -
options.exclude {Array}
An array containing the methods to exclude in the patch
Default: [] (none) -
options.disable {Array}
An array containing the methods to disable in the patch
Default: [] (none) -
options.level {String}
A string choosing the most verbose logging function to allow. Ordered/grouped as such: "log dir", "info", "warn assert", "error"
Default: log -
options.extend {Object}
An object describing methods and their associated log level, to extend the existingmethod <-> log level
pairs.
For an example see Custom methods. -
options.metadata {String/Object/Function}
Types can be String, Object (interpreted with util.inspect), or Function. See the test-metadata.js for examples.
Note that metadata can still be sent as the third parameter (as in vesion 1.6) as a backward compatibillity feature, but this is deprecated.
Default: undefined -
options.stdout {WritableStream}
A customstdout
to use with custom console.
Default:process.stdout
-
options.stderr {WritableStream}
A customstderr
to use with custom console.
Default:options.stdout
orprocess.stdout
-
options.colors {Object}
An object representing a color theme. More info here.-
options.colors.stamp {String/Array/Function}
Default: [] -
options.colors.label {String/Array/Function}
Default: [] -
options.colors.metadata {String/Array/Function}
Default: []
-
Note: To combine colors, bgColors and style, set them as an array like this:
...
stamp: ["black", "bgYellow", "underline"]
...
Or chain Chalk functions like this:
...
stamp: require("chalk").red.bgYellow.underline;
...
Note also that by sending the parameter --no-color
when you start your node app, will prevent any colors from console.
$ node my-app.js --no-color
Example
// Patch console.x methods in order to add timestamp information
require( "console-stamp" )( console, { pattern : "dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:ss.l" } );
console.log("Hello World!");
// -> [26/06/2015 14:02:48.062] [LOG] Hello World!
var port = 8080;
console.log("Server running at port %d", port);
// -> [26/06/2015 16:02:35.325] [LOG] Server running at port 8080
console.log( "This is a console.log message" );
console.info( "This is a console.info message" );
console.warn( "This is a console.warn message" );
console.error( "This is a console.error message" );
console.dir( {bar: "This is a console.dir message"} );
Result:
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.777] [LOG] This is a console.log message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.777] [INFO] This is a console.info message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [WARN] This is a console.warn message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [ERROR] This is a console.error message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [DIR] { bar: 'This is a console.dir message' }
and
require( "console-stamp" )( console, {
metadata: function () {
return ("[" + process.memoryUsage().rss + "]");
},
colors: {
stamp: "yellow",
label: "white",
metadata: "green"
}
} );
console.log( "This is a console.log message" );
console.info( "This is a console.info message" );
console.warn( "This is a console.warn message" );
console.error( "This is a console.error message" );
console.dir( {bar: "This is a console.dir message"} );
Result:
Custom Console [v0.2.4+]
As of version 0.2.4 you can also create a custom console with its own stdout
and stderr
like this:
var fs = require( 'fs' );
var output = fs.createWriteStream( './stdout.log' );
var errorOutput = fs.createWriteStream( './stderr.log' );
var logger = new console.Console( output, errorOutput );
console_stamp( logger, {
stdout: output,
stderr: errorOutput
} );
Everything is then written to the files.
NOTE: If stderr
isn't passed, warning and error output will be sent to the given stdout
.
Custom Formatter Example
Custom formatter using moment.js
var moment = require('moment');
moment.locale('ja');
require( "console-stamp" )( console, {
formatter:function(){
return moment().format("LLLL");
}
} );
console.log( "This is a console.log message" );
console.info( "This is a console.info message" );
console.warn( "This is a console.warn message" );
console.error( "This is a console.error message" );
console.dir( {bar: "This is a console.dir message"} );
Result:
[2016年5月12日午前11時10分 木曜日] [LOG] This is a console.log message
[2016年5月12日午前11時10分 木曜日] [INFO] This is a console.info message
[2016年5月12日午前11時10分 木曜日] [WARN] This is a console.warn message
[2016年5月12日午前11時10分 木曜日] [ERROR] This is a console.error message
[2016年5月12日午前11時10分 木曜日] [DIR] { bar: 'This is a console.dir message' }
Custom Methods
The option.extend option enables the extention or modification of the logging methods and their associated log levels:
The default logging methods and their log levels are as follows:
var levelPriorities = {
log: 4,
info: 3,
warn: 2,
error: 1,
assert: 2,
dir: 4
};
Combined with the include option, the extend option enables the usage of custom console logging methods to be used with this module, for example:
// Extending the console object with custom methods
console.debug = function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
}
console.fatal = function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
process.exit(1);
}
// Initialising the output formatter
require('console-stamp')(console, {
pattern: "HH:MM:ss",
extend: {
debug: 5,
fatal: 0,
},
include: ["debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal"],
level: "debug",
});
Note how the log
method is omitted from the include
list. Because the custom functions call console.log
internally, including the log
method would print double-formatted output.
Adding Metadata
Types can be string, object (interpreted with util.inspect), or function. See the test-metadata.js for examples.
String example
require("console-stamp")(console, {
pattern:"HH:MM:ss.l",
metadata:'[' + process.pid + ']'
});
console.log('Metadata applied.');
Result:
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [LOG] [7785] Metadata applied.
Function example
var util = require("util");
require("console-stamp")(console, {
pattern:"HH:MM:ss.l",
metadata: function(){ return '[' + (process.memoryUsage().rss) + ']'; });
console.log('Metadata applied.');
Result:
[18:10:30.875] [LOG] [14503936] Metadata applied.