nanolog

Sigh, yes, another logging module.

The goals:

• Flexible -- format of log entry, where to log
• Simple -- Simple api
• Multiple output transports, with different configs and log levels

Usage

The default logger is set to log to stdout, with coloured logs

var log = require('nanolog');
log.info("My Message")
log.error("Log my error")
log.debug("Debug info", {msg: 'All params are output'})

You can set the default output level, and even the default log levels:

log.set({levels: {bad: 0, good: 1, boring: 2}, level: 'good'})
log.bad("Uh Oh")
log.boring("Not logged")

nanolog uses a stack of output functions to write our logs. You can set your own with 'to'. You can also set a log level for each output function that will override the default:

log.to(log.out.stdout(), log.out.file({file: './log.txt', level: 'warn'}))

The output functions use a simple substitution format that lets you specify what you want your logs to look like:

log.to(log.out.stdout({format: "nanolog: %message%"}))
fmt = "%(white|bold)timestamp% [%(color)level%] %(color)message%"
log.to(log.out.stdout({format: fmt})

The logging functionality revolves around a 'LogEntry' object. This object defines the attributes that can be written. You can easily customize the logging functionality by adding functions to this object. timestamp, datetime, and color are all builtin log functions that you can use or override.

log.entry.upcaseMessage = function(entry) {
  return entry.get('message').toUpperCase();
}
log.to(log.out.stdout({format: "%upcaseMessage%"}))
log.info("hello, world")
// result:
HELLO, WORLD

By default, all operations work on the default logger that is returned from the nanolog module. You can create other loggers as well:

var log = require('nanolog');
var filelog = log.create('filelog');
filelog.to(log.out.file({file: './log.txt'}));
filelog.info("This goes to the log file");

Finally, you can drill down and be specific about what gets output by using the module feature.

var log = require('nanolog');
log.set({modules: {feature: 'debug', root: 'info'})

var featureLogger = log.module('feature');
var rootLogger = log.module('root');

log.info("You can set module level overrides on output level");
featureLogger.debug("This will be displayed");
rootLogger.debug("This will not be displayed");

API

set

Set new options on the logger.

levels: An object, keys are level name, value is the integer level.

Default: {'panic': 0, 'error': 1, 'warn': 2, 'info': 3, 'debug': 4, 'trace': 5}

level: string level to log at, default: 'info'

modules: An object providing custom log levels for modules:

Example: {feature1: 'debug', noisyFeature: 'warn'}

attrs

attrs is an object on the logger. It's keys are functions that can provide custom data to the output function. By default, attrs is configured with a number of useful functions:

The entry object starts with the attributes provided by the log functions:

• message: The first parameter given to the log function.
• params: An array of any other parameters passed
• level: The level of the requested log function

By default attrs is configured with a number of useful functions:

• timestamp:
• datetime: provide a formatted datetime value
• inspect: outputs any additional parameters, using util.inspect
• color: The default color for the level.

Custom attrs can be provided (or the defaults overriden). Example:

log.entry.upcaseMessage = function(entry) {
  return entry.get('message').toUpperCase();
}

to

Sets the output stack:

log.to(log.out.stdout(), log.out.file({file: './log.txt', level:
'warn'}))

module

Returns a logger object that is module specific. You can then set module specific logger levels (to turn up/down certain sections of code).