prettierlogs v0.0.1

prettierlogs

A simple and customizable logger for Node.js applications with support for colored console output and optional file logging.

Installation

Install the module using your preferred package manager

NPM

npm install prettierlogs

Yarn

yarn install prettierlogs

Bun

bun install prettierlogs

Usage

Importing the Logger

import { prettier } from 'prettierlogs'

Creating a Logger Instance

You can create a logger instance with an optional prefix, log level, and log file configuration.

/** CREATE A NEW DEBUG LOG AND SAVE THE LOGS CREATED UNDER IT TO A "app.log" FILE */
const logs = new prettier('My App', 'debug', { path: 'app.log', enabled: true });

Logging Messages

You can log messages at different levels:

logs.info('This is an info message');
logs.warn('This is a warning message');
logs.error('This is an error message');
logs.ready('The application is ready');
logs.debug('This is a debug message');

Changing Log Level

You can change the log level dynamically:

logs.setLogLevel('warn');

API

Logger

Constructor

new Logger(prefix?: string, logLevel?: LogLevel, logFile?: LogFile);

• prefix (optional): A string to prefix all log messages with.
• logLevel (optional): The minimum log level to output ('info', 'warn', 'error', 'ready', 'debug'). Default is 'info'.
• logFile (optional): An object with path and enabled properties to configure file logging.

Methods

• info(message: string | object): void: Logs an info message.
• warn(message: string | object): void: Logs a warning message.
• error(message: string | object): void: Logs an error message.
• ready(message: string | object): void: Logs a ready message.
• debug(message: string | object): void: Logs a debug message.
• setLogLevel(level: LogLevel): void: Sets the log level.

LogFile

An interface to configure file logging.

interface LogFile {
    path: string;
    enabled: boolean;
}

LogLevel

A type representing the log levels.

type LogLevel = 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'ready' | 'debug';

Example

import { prettier } from 'prettierlogs';

const logs = new prettier('MyApp', 'debug', { path: 'app.log', enabled: true });

logs.info('This is an info message');
logs.warn('This is a warning message');
logs.error('This is an error message');
logs.ready('The application is ready');
logs.debug('This is a debug message');

logs.setLogLevel('warn');
logs.debug('This debug message will not be logged');
logs.error('This error message will be logged');