console-stamp

This module enables you to patch the console's methods in Node.js, to add timestamp prefix based on a given string pattern, and more...

Usage

Install

npm install console-stamp

Patching the console

require("console-stamp")(console, [options]);

console

The console itself.

options {Object|String}

From version 2.0 the second parameter is an object with several options. As a backward compatibillity feature this parameter can be a string containing the pattern.

• options.pattern {String}
  A string with date format based on Javascript Date Format
  Default: "ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss"

• options.label {Boolean}
  If true it will show the label (LOG | INFO | WARN | ERROR)
  Default: true

• options.include {Array}
  An array containing the methods to include in the patch
  Default: ["log", "info", "warn", "error", "dir", "assert"]

• options.exclude {Array}
  An array containing the methods to include in the patch
  Default: [] (none)

• options.metadata {String/Object/Function}
  Types can be String, Object (interpreted with util.inspect), or Function. See the test-metadata.js for examples.
  Note that metadata can still be sent as the third parameter (as in vesion 1.6) as a backward compatibillity feature, but this is deprecated.
  Default: undefined

• options.colors {Object}
  An object representing a color theme. More info here.

  • options.colors.stamp {String/Array}
    Default: []

  • options.colors.label {String/Array}
    Default: []

  • options.colors.metadata {String/Array}
    Default: []

Note: To combine colors, bgColors and style, set them as an array like this:

...
	stamp: ["black", "bgYellow", "underline"]
... 

Note also that by sending the parameter --no-color when you start your node app, will prevent any colors from console.

$ node my-app.js --no-color

Example

// Patch console.x methods in order to add timestamp information
require( "console-stamp" )( console, { pattern : "dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:ss.l" } );

console.log("Hello World!");
// -> [26/06/2015 14:02:48.062] [LOG] Hello World!

var port = 8080;
console.log("Server running at port %d", port);
// -> [26/06/2015 16:02:35.325] [LOG] Server running at port 8080

 

console.log( "This is a console.log message" );
console.info( "This is a console.info message" );
console.warn( "This is a console.warn message" );
console.error( "This is a console.error message" );
console.dir( {bar: "This is a console.dir message"} );

Result:

[26/06/2015 12:44:31.777] [LOG]   This is a console.log message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.777] [INFO]  This is a console.info message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [WARN]  This is a console.warn message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [ERROR] This is a console.error message
[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [DIR]   { bar: 'This is a console.dir message' }

and

require( "console-stamp" )( console, {
	metadata: function () {
    	return ("[" + process.memoryUsage().rss + "]");
	},
	colors: {
    	stamp: "yellow",
    	label: "white",
    	metadata: "green"
	}
} );

console.log( "This is a console.log message" );
console.info( "This is a console.info message" );
console.warn( "This is a console.warn message" );
console.error( "This is a console.error message" );
console.dir( {bar: "This is a console.dir message"} );

Result:

Adding Metadata

Types can be string, object (interpreted with util.inspect), or function. See the test-metadata.js for examples.

String example

require("console-stamp")(console, {
    pattern:"HH:MM:ss.l", 
    metadata:'[' + process.pid + ']'
});

console.log('Metadata applied.');

Result:

[26/06/2015 12:44:31.779] [LOG] [7785] Metadata applied.

Function example

var util = require("util");

require("console-stamp")(console, {
    pattern:"HH:MM:ss.l", 
    metadata: function(){ return '[' + (process.memoryUsage().rss) + ']'; });

console.log('Metadata applied.');

Result:

[18:10:30.875] [LOG] [14503936] Metadata applied.