dynamic-express-logging

express-logging

Features

• Logging every incoming request
• Logging every response
• Option to mask all request/response body ( default masking all the request and response)
• Option to mask specific request nodes (optional)
• Option to mask specific response nodes (optional)
• Option to mask specific headers (required)
• You can use any logger you want ( required)

Please notice, in case that you want to mask a header from all your request, you have to add object in the JSON for every endpoint

How to use

1- npm install dynamic-express-logging 2- In your index.js file add these lines:

var dynamicExpressLogging = require('dynamic-express-logging');
dynamicExpressLogging.init(`your logger`,`JSON object to mask your request and response body & headers`);
app.use(dynamicExpressLogging.requestMiddleware);

mask JSON object

[
  {
    "endPoint": "`endPoint`",
    "method": "`METHOD`",
    "headers":[
      `header keys`
    ]
  }
]

JSON EXAMPLE 1

[
  {
    "endPoint": "/v1/health",
    "method": "GET",
    "headers":[
      "user-agent"
    ]
  }
]

JSON EXAMPLE 2

[
  {
    "endPoint": "/v1/health",
    "method": "GET",
    "headers":[
      "user-agent"
    ],
    requestNodesToMask :["keyname1","keyname2]
  }
]

JSON EXAMPLE 3

[
  {
    "endPoint": "/v1/health",
    "method": "GET",
    "headers":[
      "user-agent"
    ],
    responseNodesToMask :["keyname1","keyname2]
  }
]

JSON EXAMPLE 4

[
  {
    "endPoint": "/v1/health",
    "method": "GET",
    "headers":[
      "user-agent"
    ],
    requestNodesToMask :["keyname1","keyname2],
    responseNodesToMask :["keyname1","keyname2]
  }
]

Full example:

var dynamicExpressLogging = require('dynamic-express-logging');
var bunyan = require('bunyan'); // you can use your logger
var logger = bunyan.createLogger();
var maskObject = [
                   {
                     "endPoint": "/v1/health",
                     "method": "GET",
                     "headers":[
                       "user-agent"
                     ]
                   }
                 ]
dynamicExpressLogging.init(logger,maskObject);
app.use(dynamicExpressLogging.requestMiddleware);