winston-papertrail

winston-papertrail

A Papertrail transport for winston.

Installation

Installing npm (node package manager)

  $ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Installing winston-papertrail

  $ npm install winston
  $ npm install winston-papertrail

There are a few required options for logging to Papertrail:

• host: FQDN or IP Address of the Papertrail Service Endpoint
• port: The TLS Endpoint TCP Port

Usage

  var winston = require('winston');

  //
  // Requiring `winston-papertrail` will expose
  // `winston.transports.Papertrail`
  //
  require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;

  var logger = new winston.Logger({
  	transports: [
  		new winston.transports.Papertrail({
  			host: 'logs.papertrailapp.com',
  			port: 12345
  		})
  	]
  });

  logger.info('this is my message');

For more some advanced logging, you can take advantage of custom formatting for Papertrail:

  var winston = require('winston');

  //
  // Requiring `winston-papertrail` will expose
  // `winston.transports.Papertrail`
  //
  require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;

  var logger = new winston.Logger({
  	transports: [
  		new winston.transports.Papertrail({
  			host: 'logs.papertrailapp.com',
  			port: 12345,
  			logFormat: function(level, message) {
  			    return '<<<' + level + '>>> ' + message;
  			}
  		})
  	]
  });

  logger.info('this is my message');

The Papertrail transport is also capable of emitting events for error and connect so you can log to other transports:

var winston = require('winston'),
	Papertrail = require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;

var logger,
	consoleLogger = new winston.transports.Console({
		level: 'debug',
		timestamp: function() {
			return new Date().toString();
		},
		colorize: true
	}),
	ptTransport = new Papertrail({
		host: 'logs.papertrailapp.com',
		port: 12345,
		hostname: 'web-01',
		logFormat: function(level, message) {
			return '[' + level + '] ' + message;
		}
	});

ptTransport.on('error', function(err) {
	logger && logger.error(err);
});

ptTransport.on('connect', function(message) {
	logger && logger.info(message);
});

var logger = new winston.Logger({
	levels: {
		debug: 0,
		info: 1,
		warn: 2,
		error: 3
	},
	transports: [
		ptTransport,
		consoleLogger
	]
});

logger.info('this is my message ' + new Date().getTime());

Colorization

The winston-papertrail transport supports colorization with winston. Currently, the ANSI codes used for escape sequences are part of the search index, so please be advised when using colorization.

var winston = require('winston'),
    Papertrail = require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;

var logger = new winston.Logger({
    transports: [
        new Papertrail({
            host: 'logs.papertrailapp.com',
            port: 12345, // your port here
            colorize: true
        })
    ]
});

logger.info('Hello from colorized winston', logger);

Closing the transport

As of v0.1.3 winston-papertrail transport supports closing the transport (and the underlying TLS connection) via the Winston.Transport close method. Thus, you can enable scenarios where your transport automatically closes when you close the winston logger.

var winston = require('winston'),
    Papertrail = require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;

pt = new Papertrail({
    host: 'logs.papertrailapp.com',
    port: 12345 // your port here
});

var logger = new winston.Logger({
    transports: [ pt ]
});

pt.on('connect', function () {
    logger.info('logging before I close');
    logger.close(); // this closes the underlying TLS connection in the Papertrailt transport
});

Currently, the Papertrail transport only supports TLS logging.

Author: Ken Perkins

Changelog

v0.1.3 #

• Adding support for Colorization (Fix for issue #11)
• Enabling winston.close to propogate to Papertrail transport (Fix for issue #14)