@4lch4/logger

This module is a small utility module for logging to stdout and, if desired, to also log to files.

Installation

The module is published to the NPM registry so you're able to install it as you would any other module:

# Using NPM
npm install --save @4lch4/logger

# Using Yarn
yarn add @4lch4/logger

# Using PNPM
pnpm install @4lch4/logger

Usage

Using the logger is fairly straight forward. Import the Logger, create a new instance with some optional properties, then use that instance throughout your application:

NOTE: You can also create new instances throughout your app and it will log to the same files/locations.

import { Logger } from '@4lch4/logger'
const logger = new Logger({
  // optional properties
})

logger.info('Hello, world!')
logger.error('Uh oh, something broke...')

Logging Levels

It has 5 "levels" of logging with a color for each, which are as follows (in no particular order):

• debug - Cyan
• error - Red
• info - Gray
• success - Green
• warn - Yellow

If you provide a logDir when instantiating the Logger class, each level will have a file. For example, debug would be 2021.03.17-debug.log whereas error would be 2021.03.17-error.log.

Each level has a function to be called for logging at that level. For example, if you want to write to the debug level, you'd do logger.debug('Debug message').