LoggerJS

LoggerJS enables client side logging using the console (if available) and pushing Log Entries towards a Log Server.

Features:

• Uses the console to output information to the Browser Developer Tools.
• Supports sending the log entry (as JSON) to some Log Server.
• Supports output to the document if console is not available (no CSS provided).
• custom tasks to be processed on specified log levels.
• Handles unexpected errors in the window.
• Delivers a skeleton lib to build uppon (example: node-LoogerJS)

Please report bugs there on Github.

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Usage

Set Dependency

Add following entry to your bower.json in the dependencies property

"dependencies": {
  "LoggerJS" : "https://github.com/luscus/LoggerJS.git"
},

Bind Library

<script type="application/javascript" src="..bower_components/LoggerJS/build/loggerjs.js"></script>

Or the minified version

<script type="application/javascript" src="..bower_components/LoggerJS/build/loggerjs.min.js"></script>

Instanciate

Create a Logger instance

var options = {
  namespace :    'my.awsome.project',
  uniqueLogKeys: <boolean>,
  status :       <boolean>,
  logLevel :     LoggerJS.<LEVEL>,
  logServerUrl : '<logging_service_url>',
  tags :         ['myproject', 'gui', 'something']
},
logger = new LoggerJS.Logger(options);

Here is the option list

• namespace: is mandatory and provides information about the module
• uniqueLogKeys: the error ID (key) can be unique or shared per log message. This can be useful for some databases, it enables to group similar log entries and only increment a counter (default: true).
• status: a boolean representing the logger's activity state (default: true)
• logLevel: initial Log Level (default: ERROR)
• logServerUrl: an url pointing to the logging service
• logServerLevel: the Log Level as of Log are been sent to the logging service
• tags: is an Array of String that can later be used to filter the Log Entries

Custom Logging Tasks

Logging Taks are triggered each time a new LogEntry is generated. They are run after the outputing of the LogEntry.

Create new LogTask

var options = {
      name: 'somename',
      status: <boolean>,
      logLevel : LoggerJS.<LEVEL>,
      strict : <boolean>,
      task: function (logEntry) {
        /* do something.
           You can find the LogEntry API at the end of the README */
      }
    },
    task = new LoggerJS.LogTask(options);

Here is the option list

• name: is mandatory and provides information about the module
• status: a boolean representing the task's activity state (default: true)
• logLevel: minimum Log Level at which the Task will be active (default: logger.status)
• strict: log level check is strict, the LogTask level and the LogEntry level must match (default: false)
• task: a mandatory function awaiting a LogEntry object as parameter

Register new LogTask

logger.registerLogTask(task);

Unregister new LogTask

logger.unregisterLogTask(taskOject);

or

logger.unregisterLogTask(task_name);

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API

Logger

Properties

• logger.status: state of the logger: true=active, false=inactive
• logger.log_level: logger's active log level, see bellow for existing levels

Log Levels in order of priority:

• LoggerJS.FATAL: critical issue. After output, application should be brocken
• LoggerJS.ERROR: critical issue
• LoggerJS.WARNING: something isn't quite correct, but the application runs
• LoggerJS.INFO: information about the state of the application
• LoggerJS.AUTH: related to authentication (lowest level)
• LoggerJS.LOG: generic logging
• LoggerJS.PATH: output about the function navigation of the data
• LoggerJS.DEBUG: debugging information (highest level)

setStatus

Parameters:

• status: boolean representing the logger's activity state

Examples:

// Logs will be outputed
logger.setStatus(true);

// no logs entries generated
logger.setStatus(false);

disable / enable

Wrappers for setStatus

Examples:

// Logs will be outputed
logger.enable();

// no logs entries generated
logger.disable();

setLogLevel

Parameters:

• logLevel: the new Log Level to be set

Examples:

// Log Level set to DEBUG (show all Logs)
logger.setLogLevel(LoggerJS.DEBUG);

getNamespace

Returns the namespace of the Logger. It should provide information about the module using it.

Examples:

// return example: 'loggerjs.test.run'
logger.getNamespace();

getTags

Returns the Tag Array defined for this Logger instance.

Examples:

// return example: ["my", "test", "run"]
logger.getTags();

be

Returns the activity state of the specified Log Level as Boolean.

Parameters:

• logLevel: the new Log Level to be set

Examples:

// returns boolean
logger.be(LoggerJS.DEBUG);

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Web Console (no available in the skeleton)

useWebConsole

Parameters:

• parentId (String): ID of the Web Console's parent element (default: Web Console becomes first child of window.document.body)
• consoleId (String): ID of the Web Console's DIV element (default: LJSWebConsole )

Examples:

logger.useWebConsole();

logger.useWebConsole('myCustomParentElement');

logger.useWebConsole('myCustomParentElement', 'myCustomWebConsoleId');

enableWebConsole

Examples:

logger.enableWebConsole();

enableWebConsole

Examples:

logger.disableWebConsole();

cleanWebConsole

Removes console content.

Examples:

logger.cleanWebConsole();

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Log Server

useLogServer

Parameters:

• url: target Log Server URL
• filter: allows to send only entries with same or higher priority as the one you specified

Examples:

logger.useLogServer('http://localhost:25998');

logger.useLogServer('http://localhost:25998', LoggerJS.ERROR);

setLogServerStatus

Parameters:

• status: boolean representing the logger's activity state

Examples:

// Logs will be outputed
logger.setLogServerStatus(true);

// no logs entries generated
logger.setLogServerStatus(false);

enableLogServer / disableLogServer

Wrappers for setLogServerStatus

Examples:

// Send logs to Log Service
logger.enableLogServer();

// no logs will be sent
logger.disableLogServer();

setLogServerLevel

Parameters:

• filter: allows to send only entries with same or higher priority as the one you specified

Example:

logger.setLogServerLevel(LoggerJS.ERROR);

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Log Task

registerLogTask

Parameters:

• logTask: an LogTask object (see at the bottom for more infomation)

Example:

logger.registerLogTask(logTask);

getLogTasks

Returns all the registred tasks as an array of Objects

logger.getLogTasks();

setLogTaskLogLevel

Parameters:

• name: LogTask name
• logLevel: minimum Log Level at which the LogTask is active. Default is the logger logLevel.

Example:

logger.setLogTaskLogLevel('xyz', LoggerJS.ERROR);

disable / enable LogTask

Wrappers for setLogTaskStatus

Parameters:

• name: LogTask name

Examples:

// task turned on
logger.enableLogTask('xyz');

// task turned off
logger.disableLogTask('xyz');

setLogTaskStatus

Parameters:

• name: the Task's name
• status: boolean representing the task's activity state

Examples:

// Logs will be outputed
logger.setLogTaskStatus('xyz', true);

// no logs entries generated
logger.setLogTaskStatus('xyz', false);

unregisterLogTask

Parameters:

• logTask: an LogTask object (see at the bottom for more infomation) or a LogTask name

Examples:

// unregister using LogTask name
logger.unregisterLogTask('xyz');

// unregister using LogTask object
logger.unregisterLogTask(task);

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LogEntry API

toJson

returns the full JSON Log Object

toString

returns the Log as string formated as follows:

2014-04-04T12:53:09.490Z - <namespace> - <log_level> - <path_to_file>:<line_number> - <message>

getConsolePrefix

returns part of the Log as prefix string for the console Object:

2014-04-04T12:53:09.490Z - <namespace> - <log_level> - <path_to_file>:<line_number> -