Installed log4js as logging framework

node/db/Pad.js

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Class('Pad', {
           if(entries[i]==null)
             cleanedEntries.push(entries[i]);
           else
-            console.log("WARNING: Found broken chat entry in pad " + _this.id);
+            console.warn("WARNING: Found broken chat entry in pad " + _this.id);
         }
 
         callback(err, cleanedEntries);

node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js

@@ -319,11 +319,6 @@ function handleUserInfoUpdate(client, message)
   }
 }
 
-function errlog(name, value)
-{
-  console.error(name+"=" + JSON.stringify(value));
-}
-
 /**
  * Handles a USERINFO_UPDATE, that means that a user have changed his color or name. Anyway, we get both informations
  * This Method is nearly 90% copied out of the Etherpad Source Code. So I can't tell you what happens here exactly
@@ -418,7 +413,7 @@ function handleUserChanges(client, message)
 
       if (Changeset.oldLen(changeset) != prevText.length) 
       {
-        console.log("Can't apply USER_CHANGES "+changeset+" with oldLen " + Changeset.oldLen(changeset) + " to document of length " + prevText.length);
+        console.warn("Can't apply USER_CHANGES "+changeset+" with oldLen " + Changeset.oldLen(changeset) + " to document of length " + prevText.length);
         client.json.send({disconnect:"badChangeset"});
         callback();
         return;

node/handler/SocketIORouter.js

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+var log4js = require('log4js');
+var messageLogger = log4js.getLogger("message");
+
 /**
  * Saves all components
  * key is the component name
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ exports.setSocketIO = function(_socket)
     client._send = client.send;
     client.send = function(message)
     {
-      console.log(new Date().toUTCString() + ": message to " + client.id + ": " + JSON.stringify(message));
+      messageLogger.info("to " + client.id + ": " + JSON.stringify(message));
       client._send(message);
     }
 
@@ -68,14 +71,14 @@ exports.setSocketIO = function(_socket)
     {
       if(message.protocolVersion && message.protocolVersion != 2)
       {
-        console.error("Protocolversion header is not correct:" + JSON.stringify(message));
+        messageLogger.warn("Protocolversion header is not correct:" + JSON.stringify(message));
         return;
       }
 
       //route this message to the correct component, if possible
       if(message.component && components[message.component])
       {
-        console.log(new Date().toUTCString() + ": message from " + client.id + ": " + JSON.stringify(message));
+        messageLogger.info("from " + client.id + ": " + JSON.stringify(message));
 
         //check if component is registered in the components array        
         if(components[message.component])
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ exports.setSocketIO = function(_socket)
       }
       else
       {
-        console.error("Can't route the message:" + JSON.stringify(message));
+        messageLogger.error("Can't route the message:" + JSON.stringify(message));
       }
     });
 

node/server.js

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var express = require('express');
 var path = require('path');
 var minify = require('./utils/Minify');
 var formidable = require('formidable');
+var log4js = require('log4js');
 var exportHandler;
 var importHandler;
 var exporthtml;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ try
 }
 catch(e) 
 {
-  console.error("Can't get git version for server header\n" + e.message)
+  console.warn("Can't get git version for server header\n" + e.message)
 }
 
 var serverName = "Etherpad-Lite " + version + " (http://j.mp/ep-lite)";
@@ -74,9 +75,12 @@ async.waterfall([
     exportHandler = require('./handler/ExportHandler');
     importHandler = require('./handler/ImportHandler');
 
-    //set logging
-    if(settings.logHTTP)
-      app.use(express.logger({ format: ':date: :status, :method :url' }));
+    //install logging      
+    var httpLogger = log4js.getLogger("http");
+    app.configure(function() 
+    {
+      app.use(log4js.connectLogger(httpLogger, { level: log4js.levels.INFO, format: ':status, :method :url'}));
+    });
 
     //serve static files
     app.get('/static/*', function(req, res)
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ async.waterfall([
     {
       new formidable.IncomingForm().parse(req, function(err, fields, files) 
       { 
-        console.log(new Date().toUTCString() + ": DIAGNOSTIC-INFO: " + fields.diagnosticInfo);
+        console.log("DIAGNOSTIC-INFO: " + fields.diagnosticInfo);
         res.end("OK");
       });
     });
@@ -264,8 +268,26 @@ async.waterfall([
     //we should remove this when the new socket.io version is more stable
     io.set('transports', ['xhr-polling']);
 
-    //reduce the log level
-    io.set('log level', 2);
+    var socketIOLogger = log4js.getLogger("socket.io");
+    io.set('logger', {
+      debug: function (str)
+      {
+        //supress debug messages
+        //socketIOLogger.debug(str);
+      }, 
+      info: function (str)
+      {
+        socketIOLogger.info(str);
+      },
+      warn: function (str)
+      {
+        socketIOLogger.warn(str);
+      },
+      error: function (str)
+      {
+        socketIOLogger.error(str);
+      },
+    });
 
     //minify socket.io javascript
     if(settings.minify)

node/utils/Settings.js

@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ exports.dbType = "sqlite";
  * This setting is passed with dbType to ueberDB to set up the database
  */
 exports.dbSettings = { "filename" : "../var/sqlite.db" };
-/**
- * A flag that shows if http requests should be loged to stdout
- */
-exports.logHTTP = true;
 /**
  * The default Text of a new pad
  */
@@ -93,6 +89,6 @@ for(var i in settings)
   else
   {
     console.error("WARNING: Unkown Setting: '" + i + "'");
-    console.error("If this isn't a mistake, add the default settings for this value to node/settings.js");
+    console.error("This setting doesn't exist or it was removed");
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
                       "clean-css"  : "0.2.4",
                       "uglify-js"  : "1.0.6",
                       "gzip"       : "0.1.0",
-                      "formidable" : "1.0.2"
+                      "formidable" : "1.0.2",
+                      "log4js"     : "0.3.7"
                     },
   "version"       : "0.0.4"
 }

settings.json.template

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
                   },
   */
 
-  //if true, every http request will be loged to stdout
-  "logHTTP" : true,
-
   //the default text of a pad
   "defaultPadText" : "Welcome to Etherpad Lite!\n\nThis pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents!\n\nEtherpad Lite on Github: http:\/\/j.mp/ep-lite\n",