circus-log

Lightweight logger with a simple pass-through configuration for use with winston logging library for Node.js applications

Installation

npm install circus-log

Usage

/**
 * Module dependencies
 */
const logger = require('circus-log');

/**
 * Create a new instance of logger with a nama
 */
const log = logger('myapp');

/**
 * Log some message.
 */
log.info('Log a custom message.');
// 1497824286227 - info: Log a custom message - [name:myapp] [level:INFO]

/**
 * Log some message with tags for Kibana.
 */
log.info('Log a custom message.', { foo: 'faa' });
// 1497824309882 - info: Log a custom message - [name:myapp] [foo:faa] [level:INFO]

/**
 * Log some error
 */
log.error(err, { foo: 'faa' });
// 1497824315738 - error: Error: Cannot find module 'foo' - [name:myapp] [foo:faa] [level:ERROR]

API

logger([name], [options])

• name: String - You can specify a name for your logger instance when creating it.
• options: Object - You can specify a override settings for the instance when creating it.

logger#info(message[, tags])

logger#warn(message[, tags])

logger#error(message[, tags])

logger#verbose(message[, tags])

logger#debug(message[, tags])

logger#silly(message[, tags])

• message: String | Error - A message or error to be logged.
• tags: Object - An optional object of tags for Kibana.

Transport

Support for multiple transports. The Console Transport will be activated by default.

Console Transport

Instance of winston.transports.Console Options

Daily rotate file

Disable by default, you must provide the loggerFolderPath option to activate. Options