log4js-node-amqp

log4js-node-amqp

An AMQP appender for log4js-node

Configuration

This is a log4js appender which uses the awesome node-amqp package at: https://github.com/postwait/node-amqp

Usage:

var log4js = require('log4js');
var amqpAppender = require('log4js-node-amqp');

// configure in code
log4js.addAppender(
	amqpAppender.appender({
		// more config options available
		connection: {
			url: "amqp://guest:guest@vm:5672"
		}
	}),
	'amqp-example'
);

var logger = log4js.getLogger('amqp-example');
logThings();

log4js.clearAppenders();

// or configure via configure()
log4js.configure({
	appenders: [
		{
			type: 'console'
		},
		{
			type: 'log4js-node-amqp',
			connection: {
				url: "amqp://guest:guest@vm:5672"
			},
			category: 'amqp-example'
		}
	]
});
var logger = log4js.getLogger('amqp-example');
logThings();

process.exit();

function logThings() {
	// strings work
	logger.info('a string of log data.');
	// so do objects
	logger.info({name: 'a string', type: 'a silly example'});
}

License

The MIT License Copyright (c) 2013 Max Nachlinger