plane/packages/logger

Logger Package

This package provides a logger and a request logger utility built using Winston. It offers customizable log levels using env and supports structured logging for general application logs and HTTP requests.

Features.

• Dynamic log level configuration using env.
• Pre-configured winston logger for general usage (logger).
• Request logger middleware that logs incoming request

Usage

Adding as a package

Add this package as a dependency in package.json

dependency: {
    ...
    @plane/logger":"*",
    ...
}

Importing the Logger

import { logger, requestLogger } from "@plane/logger";

Usage

logger: General Logger

Use this for general application logs.

logger.info("This is an info log");
logger.warn("This is a warning");
logger.error("This is an error");

requestLogger: Request Logger Middleware

Use this as a middleware for incoming requests

const app = express();
app.use(requestLogger);

Available Log Levels

• error
• warn
• info (default)
• http
• verbose
• debug
• silly

Log file

• Log files are stored in logs folder of current working directory. Error logs are stored in files with format error-%DATE%.log and combined logs are stored with format combined-%DATE%.log.
• Log files have a 7 day rotation period defined.

Configuration

• By default, the log level is set to info.
• You can specify a log level by adding a LOG_LEVEL in .env.