leg

logs of json

Overview

leg! leg because lel! leg is a stupidly simple JSON-based logging thingy. It works the way I want it to, and you might also garner some utility from it. If not, that's fine.

Super Quickstart

var log = require("leg")();
 
log.info("something happened!", {some: "other", things: "here"});

["2013-05-13T04:11:00.664Z","INFO","something happened!",{"some":"other","things":"here"}]

Installation

Available via npm:

$ npm install leg

Or via git:

$ git clone git://github.com/deoxxa/leg.git node_modules/leg

API

leg

Creates a new logging function thing. Optionally takes a writable stream to output to as an argument. By default, will use process.stderr. The return value is a function that you can use to log things!

leg([stream], [options]);

// instantiate with default process.stderr output
var log = leg();
 
// instantiate with different output
var log = log(process.stdout);
 
// instantiate with options
var log = log(null, {object: true});

log

This is the return value of leg(). It takes three arguments, with the last one being optional. It also has a few convenience things tacked onto it, read on below for more info on them.

log(level, text, [info]);

// log without any context information
log("EMERGENCY", "there are very few donuts left");
 
// log with some useful context data
log("EMERGENCY", "there are very few donuts left", {donutCount: 3});

["2013-05-13T04:13:51.640Z","EMERGENCY","there are very few donuts left",null]
["2013-05-13T04:13:51.640Z","EMERGENCY","there are very few donuts left",{"donutCount":3}]

Arguments

• level - the coarse level of the log message. e.g. "ERROR"
• text - the main text body of the message. e.g. "received request"
• info - any kind of JSON.stringify-able value (default null)

debug info warn error

These are all properties of the log function. They just provide a suggested set of log levels. You can even create your own!

log.debug(text, info)
log.info(text, info)
log.warn(text, info)
log.error(text, info)

log.debug("some debugging info", {someMetric: 12345});

["2013-05-13T04:20:50.477Z","DEBUG","some debugging info",{"someMetric":12345}]

Arguments

• text - same as text in log
• info - same as info in log

Creating your own

log.silly = log.bind(log, "SILLY");
log.silly("yippee", {woo: "hoo"});

["2013-05-13T04:22:36.299Z","SILLY","yippee",{"woo":"hoo"}]

License

3-clause BSD. A copy is included with the source.

Contact

• GitHub (deoxxa)
• Twitter (@deoxxa)
• Email (deoxxa@fknsrs.biz)