Pretty-Logger

Pretty Logger for nodejs allows for color coded error, warning, info, debug and trace console messages with (or without) timestamp. This is a modified version of the basic-logger project to use colors.

Installation

npm install pretty-logger --save

Accepted Colors

black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, gray, grey, bgBlack, bgRed, bgGreen, bgYellow, bgBlue, bgMagenta, bgCyan, bgWhite, dim, rainbow, zebra, america, random, reset

Usage

    var Logger = require('pretty-logger');
    // configure level one time, it will be set to every instance of the logger
    Logger.setLevel('warning'); // only warnings and errors will be shown
    Logger.setLevel('warning', true); // only warnings and errors will be shown and no message about the level change will be printed
 
    var customConfig = {
        showMillis: true,
        showTimestamp: true,
        info: "gray",
        error: ["bgRed", "bold"],
        debug: "rainbow"
    };
 
    var log = new Logger(customConfig) // custom config parameters will be used, defaults will be used for the other parameters
    //var log = new Logger(); // you can also do this to accept the defaults
 
    log.error("An error occurred"); // will be red
    log.warn("I've got a bad feeling about this!"); // will be yellow
    log.info("Something just happened, thought you should know!"); // will be green
    log.debug("The value of x is: " + x); // will be blue
    log.trace("Heres some more stuff to help out."); // will be gray

Config options

For the error, info, warn, debug, and trace properties you can find the accepted colors on the colors repo.

• showTimestamp - Show the timestamp with every message.
• showMillis - Show milliseconds in the timestamp.
• printObjFunc - The function to apply objects to, if logged. Default is util.inspect.
• prefix - String that is prepended to every message logged with this instance.
• error- String or array that represents the color of the error text. Default is "red".
• info- String or array that represents the color of the info text. Default is "green".
• warn- String or array that represents the color of the warning text. Default is "yellow".
• debug- String or array that represents the color of the debug text. Default is "cyan".
• trace- String or array that represents the color of the trace text. Default is "grey".

Future versions

• log to file

v0.1.2

• Add ability to have multiple color/styles -Credit to wvbe
• Fix issue #3 reported by jackwilsdon