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logbrok

Simple logger that add some colors to node's default console.
Inspired by consolation.

Installation

npm install logbrok

Usage

###Basic Usage

var console = require('logbrok')(__filename);

console.info('this is an information');
console.log('hello');
console.warn('warning!');
console.error('ERROR!!!');

You can also chain method calls:

console
  .info('this is an information')
  .log('hello')
  .warn('warning!')
  .error('ERROR!!!');

###Extented Usage

#####Options

You can pass some options when instanciating the logger:

var console = require('logbrok')({ title: __filename, log_level: 'warn', color: true });

The available options you can use are:

title [String]: a custom title for the logger. It can be the filename, or whatever you want. (default is null),
color [Boolean]: whether to output colored lines or not. false is a good choice if you need to output the log lines to a file (default is true),
bright [Boolean]: whether to use bright colors, or normal colors. It has no effect if color is false (default is true),
time [Boolean]: whether to display the record time on each line, or not (default is true),
show_date [Boolean]: whether to display the full date time, or just the time. It has no effect if time is false (default is true),
log_level [String]: the minimum level of log. The supported levels are: ['info', 'log', 'warn', 'error'] (default is 'log').

Note: The title is parsed using path.basename. So, 'my/own/custom.title' becomes 'custom.title'.

#####Change the options

If you want, you can change some options after the instanciation.

var console = require('logbrok')({ title: __filename, color: true });

console
  .error('this error is printed in red!')
  .set({color: false})
  .error('and this one is printed with the default color...');