Colorful Log Package

A simple and customizable colorful console logger for Node.js applications written in TypeScript. This package allows you to log message with different colors and formatting options such as bold and underline.

Changelog

Update 0.0.3

• Now you can colorfulLog the FormData types, too.
• functions and symbols converted to strings.
• undefined and null values are explicitly converted to string.
• special objects:
  • Blob is handled.
• added basic test scenarios

Update 0.0.4

• Improved separation of production and test builds.
• Added separate output directories for test files.
• Updated how the colorfulLog function receives parameters. It now accepts an object with color, message, and options for clearer usage.
  • Default color value is set to be blue, passing it is optional.
  • message is required and can be a single message or an array of messages.
  • Default options value is set to be an empty array, passing it is optional.

Installation

You can install this package using npm or pnpm:

npm:

npm install @halibal/colorful-log

pnpm:

pnpm add @halibal/colorful-log

Running Tests

To run the test build and execute the tests:

pnpm test

This will generate test files in the dist/tests/ directory and run them.

Build and Production

To build the package for production:

pnpm build

For test builds:

pnpm build:test

This separates production files into the dist/ folder and test files into the dist/tests/ folder.

Usage

The colorfulLog function accepts both a single message or an array of messages, providing flexibility for different logging needs.

The colorfulLog function now accepts an object with color, message, and options parameters:

• color: (optional) Defaults to blue if not specified.
• options: (optional) Defaults to an empty array, allowing for additional formatting like bold or underline.

TypeScript:

import { colorfulLog } from 'colorful-log';

const nestedObject = {
    status: 'ok',
    details: {
        user: 'john',
        roles: ['admin', 'user'],
        metadata: {
            lastLogin: new Date(),
            preferences: {
                theme: 'dark',
                notifications: true
            }
        }
    }
};

colorfulLog({
    message: 'Logging a simple message'
});

colorfulLog({
    color: 'green',
    message: ['Operation successful:', { status: 'ok' }]
});

colorfulLog({
    message: ['Operation successful:', nestedObject],
    options: ['underline']
});

colorfulLog({
    color: 'red',
    message: [
        'Error occurred:',
        { message: 'Something went wrong', code: 500 }
    ],
    options: ['bold']
});

colorfulLog({
    message: [
        'This is an default blue message with bold and underline formatting'
    ],
    options: ['bold', 'underline']
});

colorfulLog({
    color: 'purple',
    message: ['This is a regular message with no extra formatting']
});

Parameters:

• color: (optional) The color of the log, such as 'green', 'red', etc. Defaults to 'blue' if not provided
• message: (required) Accepts either a single message (string, object, etc.) or an array of messages.
• options: (optional) Defaults to an empty array. Can include 'bold', 'underline', etc.

Available Colors

The following colors are available for logging:

• Black
• Red
• Green
• Yellow
• Blue
• Purple
• White

Formatting Options

In addition to colors, you can also add formatting options:

• Bold
• Underlined
• Bold & Underlined

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please fork the repository, create a branch, and submit a pull request with your improvements.