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Flexible cross-runtime logging with customizable console styling, file output, cloud logger output, log levels, and pluggable transports.

This package works with Node.js, Deno, BunIt is unknown whether this package works with Cloudflare Workers, Browsers
It is unknown whether this package works with Cloudflare Workers
This package works with Node.js
This package works with Deno
This package works with Bun
It is unknown whether this package works with Browsers
JSR Score
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Published
a year ago (0.10.5)

@cross/log - Flexible cross-runtime logging for Node.js, Deno, and Bun

Part of the @cross suite - check out our growing collection of cross-runtime tools at github.com/cross-org.

Installation

Instructions are available at https://jsr.io/@cross/log. Here's the quick version:

deno add @cross/log     # Deno
npx jsr add @cross/log  # Node.js
bunx jsr add @cross/log # Bun

Getting Started

import { Log } from "@cross/log";

const logger = new Log(); // Uses ConsoleLogger with default settings by default

logger.info("Hello log!");

Key Features

  • Flexible Log Levels: Use standard severities (Debug, Info, Warn, Error) for easy categorization.
  • Customizable Output: Choose between plain text and JSON formatting for both console and file logging.
  • Console Styling: Enhance readability with colors, bold, dim, and other styles in console output.
  • Cross-Runtime Compatibility Works seamlessly across Node.js, Deno, and Bun environments.
  • Modular Transports: Easily create custom transports to send logs to console, file or cloud services like Splunk HEC or New Relic.
  • Global and Transport Filtering: Set log levels globally or configure fine-grained filtering per transport.

Example Usage

Console + File Transport

import { ConsoleLogger, FileLogger, Log, Severity } from "./mod.ts";

const myLogger = new Log([
  new ConsoleLogger({
    // Only write severity Info and higher to console
    minimumSeverity: Severity.Info,
    // Also possible to select individual severities
    // severities: [Severity.Info, Severity.Error]
  }),
  new FileLogger({
    filePath: "./app.log",
    fileFormat: "txt",
  }),
]);

myLogger.debug("Initializing application...");
myLogger.warn("Received a potentially invalid request");
try {
  // ... code that might fail
} catch (error) {
  myLogger.error("Critical failure!", error);
}

Splunk HEC Transport

  1. Obtain Splunk HEC endpoint and token:

    • Log into your Splunk instance.
    • Navigate to Settings > Data Inputs > HTTP Event Collector.
    • Create a new input or locate an existing one, noting its endpoint URL and token.
  2. Integrate the Splunk HEC Transport:

import { ConsoleLogger, Log, Severity, SplunkHecClient } from "@cross/log";

const myLogger = new Log([
  new ConsoleLogger({ minimumSeverity: Severity.Info }),
  new SplunkHecClient({
    hecEndpoint: "https://splunk-server:8088/services/collector",
    hecToken: "your-splunk-hec-token",
    sourceType: "my_app_logs", // Adjust as needed
  }),
]);

myLogger.debug("Initializing application...");
myLogger.warn("Received a potentially invalid request");
try {
  // ... code that might fail
} catch (error) {
  myLogger.error("Critical failure!", error);
}

New Relic transport

Configuration

The NewRelicLogger transport requires the following options:

  • apiKey: Your New Relic license key or API key.
  • region: (Optional) The New Relic region where your account is located. Valid values are "US", "EU", and "FedRamp". Defaults to "US".
  • serviceAttribute: (Optional) A common attribute name to identify the service generating the logs.
  • logtypeAttribute: (Optional) A common attribute name to categorize your log entries.
  • hostnameAttribute: (Optional) A common attribute name to indicate the host where the logs originated.

Example

import { Log, NewRelicLogger } from "@cross/log";

const logger = new Log([
  // ... other transports (ConsoleLogger, FileLogger, etc.)

  new NewRelicLogger({
    apiKey: "your-new-relic-api-key",
    region: "EU",
    serviceAttribute: "my-awesome-app",
    logtypeAttribute: "application-logs",
    hostnameAttribute: "production-server-1",
  }),
]);

logger.warn("User successfully logged in");

Important Notes

  • Obtain your API Key: You can find your New Relic license key or API key within your New Relic account settings.
  • Custom Attributes: The serviceAttribute, logtypeAttribute and hostnameAttribute help you organize and filter your logs within New Relic.
  • Error Handling: Consider robust error handling for your New Relic transport (e.g., storing logs temporarily in a file if the New Relic API is unavailable).

Creating a custom transport

import { Log, LogTransportBase, LogTransportBaseOptions } from "@cross/log";
import { Severity } from "@cross/log";

/**
 * Create your own Transport by extending LogTransportBase
 */
export class CustomLogger extends LogTransportBase {
  options: LogTransportBaseOptions;
  constructor(options?: LogTransportBaseOptions) {
    super();
    this.options = { ...this.defaults, ...options };
  }
  log(level: Severity, scope: string, data: unknown[], timestamp: Date) {
    if (this.shouldLog(level)) {
      // Custom implementation below
      const formattedMessage = `${timestamp.toISOString()} ${level} ${scope} ${
        data.join(" ")
      }`;
      if (level === Severity.Error) {
        console.error(formattedMessage);
      } else {
        console.log(formattedMessage);
      }
    }
  }
}

// Create a new logger, using our custom logger
const logger = new Log([new CustomLogger()]);

// Log a message
logger.warn("This is a warning");

Contributions and Feedback

We welcome your contributions to improve @cross/log! Submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/cross-org/log.

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