Node2Know — Express Logging with Morgan

A minimal Express app demonstrating request logging using the morgan middleware.

Morgan logs every incoming request:

• HTTP method
• URL
• status code
• response time

Perfect for development and debugging.

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✅ Prereqs

• Node.js
• npm

Check:

node -v
npm -v

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📦 Install

npm install

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▶️ Run

npm start

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🧪 Try it

Open these routes and watch your terminal:

• http://localhost:3000/
• http://localhost:3000/things

You’ll see logs like:

GET /things 200 3.123 ms - 52

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👀 Watch mode

npm run watch

Stop with:

• Ctrl + C

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🧠 Key idea

app.use(morgan("dev"));

• Morgan is just middleware
• it must be registered before your routes
• 'dev' format is ideal for local development

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📁 Project Structure

.
├── app.js
├── package.json
└── README.md

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Repo

• https://github.com/ProfessorSolo/Node2Know-ExpressLoggingWithMorgan.git

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License

Node2Know-LEARN-1.0