consolable

consolable - get controls and colors in your nodejs native console.

you have good command of console.error, warn, info, log.

Requirement

• NodeJS

Quick Start

Start coding:

$ npm install consolable

Include in your project

require('consolable');

Features

• Discarding lower level of log.
• Visualize log by color, tag and time.
• Output logs to file.

Methods

var consolable = require('consolable');

setLogLevel(level = 4, [sync = no])

• Set stdout log level, default 4.
  • level is [specific string](#Level Format Word Lists) or number.
  • sync is true, sync file log level with log level.
• Lower level of logs will be discarded.
  • level 0: No logs output.
  • level 1: error.
  • level 2: error, warn.
  • level 3: error, warn, info.
  • level 4: error, warn, info, log.

consolable.setLogLevel 3            # Set Lv.3
consolable.setLogLevel '2'          # Set Lv.2
consolable.setLogLevel 'production' # Set Lv.1
consolable.setLogLevel 'hoge'       # Set Lv.4, undefined word
consolable.setLogLevel 4, yes       # Set Lv.4, set FLv.4

setFIleLogLevel(level = 4)

• Set file log level, default 4.
• Lower level of logs will be discarded.

setFilePath(path)

• Output logs to file, default null.
• If path is already exists, append log.

consolable.setFilePath './log.txt'
consolable.setFilePath null         # Stop

setAppendTime([append = true])

• Append UnixTime to log prefix, default false.

consolable.setAppendTime()
console.log 'hoge'           # [1354605544707 log] hoge

consolable.setAppendTag no
console.log 'hoge'           # [1354605544707] hoge

consolable.setAppendTime no
console.log 'hoge'           # hoge

setAppendTag([append = true])

• Append LogLevel to log prefix, default true.

consolable.setAppendTag()
console.log 'hoge'           # [log] hoge

consolable.setAppendTag no
console.log 'hoge'           # hoge

setColorize([colorize = true])

• Colorize body text, default false.

consolable.setColorize()
console.log 'colorize..'     # <color=cyan>[log] colorize..</color>

consolable.setColorize no
console.log 'colorize..'     # <color=cyan>[log]</color> colorize..

setLevelColor(level, color)

• Change log color, defaults...
  • error red
  • warn yellow
  • info grey
  • log cyan

consolable.setColor 'error', 'magenta'
consolable.setColor 1, 'blue'
consolable.setColor 'info', 'green'

Level Format Word Lists

• 0, none
• 1, error, production
• 2, warn
• 3, info
• 4, log, debug, development

Available Colors

• white
• grey
• black
• blue
• cyan
• green
• magenta
• red
• yellow