stoopid

stoopid -- Loggers are stupid and I'm resentful that I had to write this.

Install

  npm install stoopid

Or from source:

  git clone git://github.com/mikeal/stoopid.git 
  cd stoopid
  npm link

Usage

stoopid.log('I am a robot', {prop:'value'})

The stoopid module exports itself as an instance of Logger with the namespace "process".

You can create child logger objects with new namespaces with the .logger(name) method.

var logger = require('stoopid').logger('myModuleName')

A logger object supports all the same methods that the console object in node supports and has a nearly identical API. It also supports all the methods necessary to be enabled as a logger in socket.io.

console logging is enabled by default.

Logger(name)

Base logger object.

stoopid API

• Logger.logger(name) - Create a new instance of logger with this logger as it's parent.
• Logger.addHandler(handler, options) - Add a handler, "console" and "file" are supported.
• Logger.silly(arg1, arg2, ...) - Logs at level "silly" or 10
• Logger.verbose(arg1, arg2, ...): - Logs at level "verbose" or 100
• Logger.debug(arg1, arg2, ...): - Logs at level "info" or 200
• Logger.info(arg1, arg2, ...): - Logs at level "info" or 300
• Logger.warn(arg1, arg2, ...): - Logs at level "warn" or 400
• Logger.error(arg1, arg2, ...): - Logs at level "error" or 500

console API

All the additional methods necessary to be used as a replacement for node.js' global console object are also supported.

• Logger.log(arg1, arg2, ...) - Logs at level "info" or 300.
• Logger.dir(arg1, arg2, ...) - Logs at level "info" or 300.
• Logger.time(label) - Mark a timer. http://nodejs.org/api/stdio.html#console.time
• Logger.timeEnd(label) - Finish timer, record output. http://nodejs.org/api/stdio.html#console.timeEnd
• Logger.trace(label) - Log at "error" level a stack trace to stderr in the current position. http://nodejs.org/api/stdio.html#console.trace
• Logger.assert(expression) - http://nodejs.org/api/stdio.html#console.assert