clrlog v1.6.0

#Clrlog# ##Lightweight colorful JavaScript application logger with stack trace and logfile support for node.js##

#Changes in version 1.6#

• LOG_CUSTOM_VARIABLES allow tracing by also setting TRACE=true when debugging
• Logging messages contain an ISO date string as default
• Logging message type is always exposed message, success, warning, error

#Changes in version 1.4#

##Log level changes##

• Now the default log level is error & warning. Log message and success is disabled by default. It can be enabled again by setting the logLevel (logLevel='error,warning,success,message')

• Any log message can be enabled temporary by

• • A) via process.env.DEBUG=true or
• • B) via context based environment variable which can be assigned to constructor

##Activation switch changes## Clrlog has now a new property inside the constructor. An env variable (process.env.CUSTOM_VARIALBE) can be registered (e.g by starting the node app CUSTOM_VARIALBE=true node app.js ) which enables any log level in the specific context for a better app behave logging.

#How to use# Instal Clrlog via npm

    npm install clrlog

Require the Clrlog class

    var Clrlog = require('clrlog');

To give log messages color set global.DEBUG=true or run application in node.js's debug mode

    process.env.DEBUG = true; // or on startup DEBUG=true node app.js

Or create a file named debug in applications root folder

Clrlog can be used as a function

    Clrlog("Hello I'm Clrlog");

Or as an object of the Clrlog class (The logger can be registered to a process.env property to enable logging for different purposes)

    var myClrlog = new Clrlog("I support logging into logfiles too", 'success', __dirname + '/application.log', 'MY_CUSTOM_LOG');
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'error';
        myClrlog.warning('This line is not written into logfile');
        myClrlog.error('This line is written into logfile');

Set custom log levels for a single logmessage type

    myClrlog.logLevel = 'error';

Or set log levels for multiple log message types

    myClrlog.logLevel = 'error,warning,success';

The logs are stored in the following format

    Sat Apr 05 2014 [...] | SUCCESS ᑀ And hold log instances for more complex logging purposes
    Sat Apr 05 2014 [...] | SUCCESS ᑀ The current loglevel is message,success
    Sat Apr 05 2014 [...] | MESSAGE ᑀ This message goes into the logfile
    Sat Apr 05 2014 [...] | SUCCESS ᑀ This line goes into the logfile too
    Sat Apr 05 2014 [...] | SUCCESS ᑀ {
    	"I": "can",
    	"log": "Objects too"
    }

#Full working example (demo/demo.js)#

    (function () {
        "use strict";

        // Enable global.DEBUG for colorful logging purposes
        // OR colorize logging when node is started in debug mode
        // global.DEBUG = true;
        //
        // A file named debug was created in applications root folder
        // so global.DEBUG is automatically set to true

        // Fetch Clrlog
        var Clrlog = require(__dirname + '/../index.js');

        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /////Call Clrlog like a plain old javascript funtion/////
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

        Clrlog("Hello I'm Clrlog");
        Clrlog("I was successful", 'success');
        Clrlog("I've need to warn you ", 'warning');
        Clrlog("I've made a mistake", 'error');

        // Object Logging
        Clrlog({
            I: 'can',
            log: 'Objects too'
        }, 'success');


        // Save log messages in a file
        Clrlog("And I can store my logs into a file", 'message', __dirname + '/example.log');

        // Show stack trace behind logmessage
        Clrlog("My logs can also include a detailed stack trace", 'success', false, true);


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /////Call Clrlog as an object for more comples stuff/////
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

        var myClrlog = new Clrlog("And hold log instances for more complex logging purposes", 'success', __dirname + '/application.log');

        // LogLevel can be set on custom purposes
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'error';         // Only errormessages
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'warning';       // Only warnings
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'success';       // Only success
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'message';       // Only messages


        // Combined log levels are possble too
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'error,warning';
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'error,warning,success';
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'message,success';


        // Loglevel settings example
        myClrlog.logLevel = 'message,success';

        myClrlog.success('The current loglevel is ' + myClrlog.logLevel);

        myClrlog.message('This message goes into the logfile');
        myClrlog.error('This line is not written into logfile');
        myClrlog.success('This line goes into the logfile too');

    })();

Author: Clrlog was written by Bernhard Bezdek

Released under MIT License

###Dependencies### node.js file system api