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console-spy
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console-spy is a little browser module for listening in on calls made to the window.console object. When enabled, it replaces all methods on the console object with event-emitting proxies.
No badge to prove it, but this module is designed to work in all browsers; even old IE.
$ npm install console-spy
// console overrides are enabled by default,
var spy = require('console-spy')()
var example = function () {
console.log('First message')
// but they can be disabled,
spy.disable()
console.log('Second message')
// and re-enabled.
spy.enable()
console.log('Third message')
// All console methods are
// able to be spied upon.
console.warn('Oh no!', 123)
}
spy.on('log', function () {
// arguments: ["First message"]
// arguments: ["Third message"]
})
spy.on('warn', function () {
// arguments: ["On no!, 123"]
})
example()
FAQs
listen in on calls to the global `console` object
The npm package console-spy receives a total of 15 weekly downloads. As such, console-spy popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that console-spy demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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