react-display-console

Display the console inside React app

Install

npm i react-display-console --production

Usage

import Console from 'react-display-console'

<Console input theme='dark' />

...

console.log('store/get', { list: [{ id: 123, name: 'Phone' }, { id: 123, name: 'Keyboard' }] })
console.info('Loading from http://my.api/', { method: 'GET', query: 'order=name&page=9' })
console.error(new Error('invalid JSON object'))

props

• input show input at bottom to write statements, like in real console

• theme (optional) use a theme class; available builtin themes are:

  • default
    

  • dark
    

How it works

When the component is invoked, it wrap console methods and it use them in a React.context, so any call relay to <Console> component and regular console.

How to add and use a custom theme

Define a css style for .console, for example .console.my (see src/style/themes.scss for example and class definition). Use the prop theme='my' in <Console>

• my.css

.console.my {
  background-color: grey;
  color: darkblue;

  ...
}

then

<Console theme='my' />

Purpose

react-display-console component arises from the need to view the console output in the browser for educational, development or debugging purposes, especially when it's difficult to access devtools in non-desktop environments (mobile, TV etc).

Contribute

Feel free to contribute! 🤩
There are no strict rules, any reasonable PR will be accepted 👍

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Next

• display correct source file and line in Error stack (use sourcemap?)
• display at file:line (use sourcemap?)
• clear button

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License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2019 | Simone Sanfratello

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.