a-better-console

better-console

DISCLAIMER: This project is exactly as the good console with one extra feature, passing payloads into the console.

good-console is a transform stream useful for turning good server events into formatted strings.

Lead Maintainer: Martin Arista

Usage

new GoodConsole([config])

Creates a new GoodConsole object with the following arguments:

• [config] - optional configuration object with the following keys
  • format - MomentJS format string. Defaults to 'YYMMDD/HHmmss.SSS'.
  • utc - boolean controlling Moment using utc mode or not. Defaults to true.
  • color - a boolean specifying whether to output in color. Defaults to true.
  • requestPayload a boolean specifying if passed request payload will be output to console. Defaults to false.
  • responsePayload a boolean specifying if passed response payload will be output to console. Defaults to false.

Output Formats

Below are example outputs for the designated event type:

• "ops" - 160318/013330.957, [ops] memory: 29Mb, uptime (seconds): 6, load: [1.650390625,1.6162109375,1.65234375]
• "error" - 160318/013330.957, [error,event.tags] message: Just a simple error, stack: event.error.stack
• "request" - 160318/013330.957, [request,event.tags] data: you made a request
• "log" - 160318/013330.957, [log,event.tags] data: you made a default
• "response" - 160318/013330.957, [response, event.tags] http://localhost:61253: post /data {"name":"adam"} 200 (150ms)

Example

const Logging = {
    register: require('good'),
    options: {
        reporters: {
            console: [{
                module: 'good-squeeze',
                name: 'Squeeze',
                args: [{
                    log: '*',
                    request: '*',
                    error: '*',
                }],
            }, {
                module: 'good-console',
                args: [{
                    responsePayload: true,
                }],
            }, 'stdout'],
        },
        includes: {
            request: ['payload'],
            response: ['payload'],
        },
    },
};