mlite A simple "Log and go" NodeJS wrapper for LOGLITE

What is LOGLITE?

Loglite is a very simple, lightweight, cloud-based logging service. It is slightly similar to Loggly but stripped of some more advanced features. Loglite provides logging with keys and a means to storify function / service calls in your node js applications. No registration / login required. All you need to get going is a valid LOGLITE token. You can get one here https://loglite.herokuapp.com/. To view logs associated with your token, you can do so here https://loglite.herokuapp.com/logs.html (You will also need to provide your LOGLITE token)

Using mlite

To use mlite, the first thing you need to do is get a LOGLITE token. You can get one for free from here https://loglite.herokuapp.com/ After you have gotten your LOGLITE token, install mlite using NPM:

npm install mlite

You can then use mlite in your NodeJS code like so:

var mlite = require('mlite')('YOUR LOGLITE TOKEN');
mlite.log(DATA_TO_LOG, OPTIONAL_KEY, TYPE);

DATA_TO_LOG Is what you wish to log. OPTIONAL_KEY Is a key (any string value) you can use to track logged entries. Very useful for storifying function calls. It is optional TYPE Is just for semantics and rendering on the LOGLITE dashboard. Examples could be warning, info, error e.t.c. To this end, mlite provides helper functions for basic log types. You can do any of the following:

mlite.info('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY'); //type is passed as INFO

mlite.warning('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY'); //type is passed as WARNING

mlite.error('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY'); //type is passed as ERROR

mlite.errorX('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY'); //type is passed as ERROR-X

NOTE: mlite.errorX('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY') Will attempt to stringify and log the stack trace if DATA_TO_LOG is an instance of the Error object while mlite.error('DATA_TO_LOG', 'OPTIONAL_KEY'); will log the data passed to it as is.

Also, it's possible to use mlite with a custom LOGLITE build. You can deploy and host your own LOGLITE instance. If this is the case, your mlite initialization will look something like this:

var mlite = require('mlite')('CUSTOM_LOGLITE_TOKEN', 'CUSTOM_LOGLITE_SERVERURL');
//use mlite as you'd normally
mlite.log('somedata'); //Log can be retrieved from your custom LOGLITE server