Consolomatic

Console logging with colors, done as simply as it gets.

Consolomatic is an extension of the existing node global Console object to allow coloring of console messages. Unlike other console coloring modules you dont need to write your log/info/war/error calls any differently.

Install

npm install consolomatic

Usage

//import in any file you want colored messages
import console from 'consolomatic'
 
//use like normal
console.log('A log message');
console.info('An info message');
console.warn('A warning message');
console.error('An error message');

customise message colors

import console, {colours} from 'consolomatic';
 
//customize the color of console methods
console.setColor('warn', colors.magenta);
console.warn('All warn messages are now magenta');
 
//Use colors inside template strings to color specific words or parts of messages
console.info(`A message with a ${colors.green}green${colors.reset} word`);

if not using ES6 and module imports

var console = require('consolomatic').default;
var colors = require('consolomatic').colors;
//the rest is the same
console.log('A log message');

API

All existing console methods

All of the existing console methods (e.g. .count, .time) work as before. Also, the 'colorised' console methods will still format supplied parameters just like the native methods.

setColor

import console, {colours} from 'consolomatic';
 
//customize the color of console methods
console.setColor('warn', colors.magenta);
console.warn('All warn messages are now magenta');

addConsoleMethod

import console, {colours} from 'consolomatic';
console.addConsoleMethod('green', colors.green);
console.green('A completely green message');

overrideGlobal

import console from 'consolomatic';
console.overrideGlobal();

If you want colored console messages in the entire project but dont want to import consolomatic in every file, you can call overrideGlobal to override the global.console. Due to the way that imports are evaluated (imported module is evaluated before its parent module) you'll need to make this call from an imported 'setup' file see example in examples/example_global_override.js

Colors

text colors

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white

background colors

• bgBlack
• bgRed
• bgGreen
• bgYellow
• bgBlue
• bgMagenta
• bgCyan
• bgWhite

other styles

support for these varies by platform

• reset
• bright
• dim
• underscore
• blink
• reverse
• hidden