nlogger

nlogger is a Node.js logging library that can

• print messages with module name and current line number so you know from where it was called
• print messages in color
• print parameters in message
• be configured from file

Usage

Use npm or download. Then add to your code:

var logger = require('nlogger').logger(module);

module is object defined automatically by Node.js. If you don't want automatic module names, replace it with your desired string name.

logger.info(message);
logger.info(message, parameter...);

Strings {} in message will be replaced by appropriate parameter. See examples.

Examples

var logger = require('nlogger').logger(module);
logger.info('Info message');
logger.debug('Debug message');
logger.warn('Warning message');
logger.error('Error message');
logger.trace('Trace message');
logger.info('Array = {}, Object = {}', [1, 2, 3, 4], {one: 1, two: 2});

Output samples

2010-10-02 20:39:03.570 INFO  main:5 - Info message
2010-10-02 20:39:03.588 DEBUG main:6 - Debug message
2010-10-02 20:39:03.589 WARN  main:7 - Warning message
2010-10-02 20:39:03.590 ERROR main:8 - Error message
2010-10-02 20:39:03.590 TRACE main:9 - Trace message
2010-10-02 20:39:03.590 INFO  main:10 - Array = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], Object = { one: 1, two: 2 }

2010-10-02 20:59:12.496 INFO  my-modules/first:3 - Message from first module from line #3
2010-10-02 20:59:12.514 INFO  my-modules/second:10 - Message from second module from line #10
2010-10-02 20:59:12.515 INFO  fake-module-name:3 - Message from third module from line #3
2010-10-02 20:59:12.516 INFO  <unknown>:3 - Message from fourth module from line #3

Configuration

nlogger can load optional configuration file nlogger.json which looks like:

{
	"color": "auto",
	"level": {
		"*": "debug",
		"my-modules/first": "info"
	}
}

• color - print message in color? [true, false, "auto"]
• level.* - default debug level
• level.yourModuleName - debug level for specified module

Possible debug levels are trace, debug, info, warn, error.

Changes

0.3.0 - Added parameters support to logging methods

0.2.0 - Added configuration file support

0.1.0 - First npm release

License

Released under MIT License. Enjoy and Fork!