log-rotator

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Getting Started

Install log-rotator with npm.

npm install log-rotator

Include it in your project

 
var logRotator = require('log-rotator');
 
logRotator.stream({ directory: './foo' });
 

Using with Express and Morgan

var app = require('express')(),
    morgan = require('morgan'),
    logRotator = require('log-rotator');
 
 
var logStream = logRotator.stream({
    directory: './foo',
    ttl: '1d',
    file_extension: 'log'
});
 
app.use(morgan('combined', { stream: logStream }));

Options

The log-rotator API allows you to override all of the defaults to configure it the way that you want.

Options can be passed to the stream function or set on the logRotator directly

 
logRotator.directory = './foo';
logRotator.stream();
 
// Above is the same as
 
logRotator.stream({ directory: './foo' });

LogRotator.directory -- required

Set the target directory.

logRotator.directory = './foo/bar';

LogRotator.file_name

Set the default file_name. Defaults to null

// write files to foo20160101.log
logRotator.file_name = 'foo';

LogRotator.file_extension

Set the default file_extension. Defaults to 'log'

// write files to 20160101.node_log
logRotator.file_extension = 'node_log';

LogRotator.ttl

Set the default time to live. Defaults to 24h.

Possible intervals are weeks (w), days (d), hours (h). Interval supports both the plural and singular nouns as well as the abbreviated version.

logRotator.ttl = '1w';
logRotator.ttl = '30 days';
logRotator.ttl = '24hours';
 
// Also works as singular
logRotator.ttl = '1 week';
logRotator.ttl = '1 day';
logRotator.ttl = '1 hour';

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License

MIT © 2016 Evan Duncan

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