Log.js
Lightweight logging for NodeJS. Includes a streaming log reader.
Installation
$ npm install log
Example
By default, a Log’s stream is stdout, and its log level defaults is DEBUG.
Instead of DEBUG, let’s create a log with the info level:
var Log = require('log')
, log = new Log('info');
log.debug('preparing email');
log.info('sending email');
log.error('failed to send email');
Specifying a specific stream:
var fs = require('fs')
, Log = require('log')
, log = new Log('debug', fs.createWriteStream('my.log'));
Instead of the log level constants, you can just supply a string:
var Log = require('log')
, log = new Log('warning');
You can use %s to pass arguments (much like console.log()):
log.error('oh no, failed to send mail to %s.', user.email);
Reader
To stream a log, simply pass a readable stream instead of a writable:
var Log = require('log')
, fs = require('fs')
, stream = fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/file.log')
, log = new Log('debug', stream);
log.on('line', function(line){
console.log(line);
});
(Note: log.js assumes utf8 encoded data.)
Example output:
{ date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:26:14 GMT
, level: 1
, levelString: 'ALERT'
, msg: 'a alert message'
}
{ date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:26:14 GMT
, level: 0
, levelString: 'EMERGENCY'
, msg: 'a emergency message'
}
Log Levels
Mirror that of syslog:
0EMERGENCYsystem unusable1ALERTimmediate action required2CRITICALcondition critical3ERRORcondition error4WARNINGcondition warning5NOTICEcondition normal, but significant6INFOa purely informational message7DEBUGdebugging information
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2009-2010 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
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