express-log-to-json

Express-log-to-json

Filter out useless noise from an express req before logging.

Purpose

• What problem does this module solve? At least a few sentences. A simple function to filter express.req before logging it. Does a shallow clone.

Usage

app.use((req, res) => {
  result = filter(req);
  // result is missing certain keys.
  // see index.js for how filtering is done
  res.status(200).send({});
});

API

/**
 * Filter out useless keys before logging an express req.
 * @param {http.IncomingRequest} The req to filter.
 * @returns A shallow copy of req.
 */
 main(req) => Object

Installation

This module is installed via npm:

$ npm install express-log-to-json

License

The BSD License

Copyright (c) 2017, Tim Allen

All rights reserved.

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