nlogger

nlogger is a Node.js logging library that can

• print messages with module name and current line number so you know from where it was called
• print messages in color
• print parameters in message
• be configured from file

Usage

Use npm or download. Then add to your code:

var logger = require('nlogger').logger(module);

module is object defined automatically by Node.js. If you don't want automatic module names, replace it with your desired string name.

logger.info(message);
logger.info(message, variable, message, variable...);

Examples

var logger = require('nlogger').logger(module);
logger.info('Info message');
logger.debug('Debug message');
logger.warn('Warning message');
logger.error('Error message');
logger.trace('Trace message');
logger.info('Array = ', [1, 2, 3, 4], ', Object = ', {one: 1, two: 2});

Output samples

2015-02-23 20:39:03.570 INFO  main:5 - Info message
2015-02-23 20:39:03.588 DEBUG main:6 - Debug message
2015-02-23 20:39:03.589 WARN  main:7 - Warning message
2015-02-23 20:39:03.590 ERROR main:8 - Error message
2015-02-23 20:39:03.590 TRACE main:9 - Trace message
2015-02-23 20:39:03.590 INFO  main:10 - Array = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], Object = { one: 1, two: 2 }

2015-02-23 20:59:12.496 INFO  my-modules/first:3 - Message from first module from line #3
2015-02-23 20:59:12.514 INFO  my-modules/second:10 - Message from second module from line #10
2015-02-23 20:59:12.515 INFO  fake-module-name:3 - Message from third module from line #3
2015-02-23 20:59:12.516 INFO  <unknown>:3 - Message from fourth module from line #3

Configuration

nlogger can load optional configuration file nlogger.json which looks like:

{
    "color": "auto",
    "level": {
        "*": "debug",
        "my-modules/first": "info"
    }
}

• color - print message in color? [true, false, "auto"]
• level.* - default debug level
• level.yourModuleName - log level for specified module

Possible log levels are trace, debug, info, warn, error.

Changes

1.0.0 - Compatibility with latest node.js 0.12.x

0.4.0 - Logging methods parameters changed

0.3.1 - Fixed util dependencies

0.3.0 - Added parameters support to logging methods

0.2.0 - Added configuration file support

0.1.0 - First npm release

License

Commercial license available at http://iostock.com/nlogger