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express-winston

express.js middleware for winstonjs/winston

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What is express-winston?

express-winston is a middleware for logging HTTP requests and responses in Express applications. It integrates with the winston logging library, allowing you to log requests and responses in a structured and customizable way.

What are express-winston's main functionalities?

Request Logging

This feature allows you to log incoming HTTP requests. The code sample demonstrates how to set up express-winston to log requests to the console with a specific format.

const express = require('express');
const winston = require('winston');
const expressWinston = require('express-winston');

const app = express();

app.use(expressWinston.logger({
  transports: [
    new winston.transports.Console()
  ],
  format: winston.format.combine(
    winston.format.colorize(),
    winston.format.json()
  ),
  meta: true, // optional: control whether you want to log the meta data about the request (default to true)
  msg: "HTTP {{req.method}} {{req.url}}", // optional: customize the default logging message.
  expressFormat: true, // Use the default Express/morgan request formatting
  colorize: false, // Color the text and status code, using the Express/morgan color palette
  ignoreRoute: function (req, res) { return false; } // optional: allows to skip some log messages based on request and/or response
}));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});

Error Logging

This feature allows you to log errors that occur during the handling of requests. The code sample demonstrates how to set up express-winston to log errors to the console.

const express = require('express');
const winston = require('winston');
const expressWinston = require('express-winston');

const app = express();

app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
  transports: [
    new winston.transports.Console()
  ],
  format: winston.format.combine(
    winston.format.colorize(),
    winston.format.json()
  )
}));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  throw new Error('Something went wrong!');
});

app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
  res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});

Custom Transports

This feature allows you to use custom transports for logging. The code sample demonstrates how to set up express-winston to log requests to a file.

const express = require('express');
const winston = require('winston');
const expressWinston = require('express-winston');
const fs = require('fs');

const app = express();

const fileTransport = new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'logfile.log' });

app.use(expressWinston.logger({
  transports: [
    fileTransport
  ],
  format: winston.format.combine(
    winston.format.timestamp(),
    winston.format.json()
  )
}));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});

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