electron-log

Description

Just a very simple logging module for your Electron application. No dependencies. No complicated configuration. Just require and use. Also it can be used without Electron.

By default it writes logs to the following locations:

• on Linux: ~/.config/<app name>/log.log
• on OS X: ~/Library/Logs/<app name>/log.log
• on Windows: $HOME/AppData/Roaming/<app name>/log.log

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install electron-log

Usage

var log = require('electron-log');

log.info('Hello, log');

Transport

Transport is a simple function which requires an object which describes a message. By default, two transports is active: console and file. The file path is depend on current platform.

Disable default transport:

log.transports.file = false;
log.transports.console = false;

Override transport:

log.transports.console = function(msg) {
  console.log(`[${msg.date.toLocaleTimeString()} ${msg.level}] ${msg.text}`);
};

Console Transport

// Log level
log.transports.console.level = 'warning';

/** 
 * Set output format template. Available variables:
 * Main: {level}, {text}
 * Date: {y},{m},{d},{h},{i},{s},{ms}
 */
log.transports.console.format = '{h}:{i}:{s}:{ms} {text}';

// Set a function which formats output
log.transports.console.format = (msg) => msg.text;

File transport

// Same as for console transport
log.transports.file.level = 'warning';
log.transports.file.format = '{h}:{i}:{s}:{ms} {text}';

// Set maximum log size in bytes. When it exceeds, old log will be saved
// as log.old.log file
log.transports.file.maxSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;

// Write to this file, must be set before first logging
log.transports.file.file = __dirname + '/log.txt';

// fs.createWriteStream options, must be set before first logging
log.transports.file.streamConfig = { flags: 'w' };

// set existed file stream
log.transports.file.stream = fs.createWriteStream('log.txt');

By default, file transport reads a productName or name property from package.json to determine a log path like ~/.config/<app name>/log.log. If you have no package.json or you want to specify another , just set the appName property:

log.appName = 'test';

Change Log

1.0.16

• Prefer to use package.json:productName instead of package.json:name to determine a log path.

License

Licensed under MIT.