add morgan logs requests to the console

README.md

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ No errors have been found or reported.
 
 # Pending
 
-- Add use of mongoDB and sqlite databases locally for development mode.
+- Add use of ~~mongoDB~~ and sqlite databases locally for development mode.
 - Generate script (bash, sh) that automates the renaming of files and content to replace `prototype` with a new desired name in the model and controller, as well as the API URL (router).
 - Generate a admin panel with a frontend (as react) that emulates the same functionalities as the [Django REST Framework](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/) and facilitates the management of models and API behaviour from a web interface.
 - Generate a web interface in the frontend that facilitates the creation of models and controllers.
@@ -288,9 +288,6 @@ _In this project `npm` has been used as package manager, but you are free to use
 
 ```
 npm install
-```
-
-```
 npm start
 ```
 

app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 const config = require('./utils/config')
 const express = require('express')
+const morgan = require('morgan')
 const app = express()
 const cors = require('cors')
 const logger = require('./utils/logger')
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ const middleware = require('./utils/middleware')
 // cors allows requests from other origins
 app.use(cors())
 
+// morgan logs requests to the console
+morgan.token('body', (req) => JSON.stringify(req.body))
+app.use(
+  morgan(':method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms :body')
+)
+
 // express.static serves the build folder
 // (as static files, like images or react code)
 // app.use(express.static('build'))

package.json

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "jsonwebtoken": "9.0.2",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "mongoose": "7.5.0",
-    "mongoose-unique-validator": "4.0.0"
+    "mongoose-unique-validator": "4.0.0",
+    "morgan": "1.10.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "cross-env": "7.0.3",