console-trace

Extends the native Node.JS console object to prefix logging functions with the CallSite information.

To read more about runtime stack trace introspection you can refer to this article.

Installation

$ npm install console-trace

Syntax:

require('console-trace')([options])

Available Options:

• always - (Boolean: defaults to false) always print the callsite info even without accessing methods from the t or traced getters.
• cwd - (String: defaults to process.cwd()) the path that will be stripped from the callsite info
• colors - (Boolean|Object: defaults to true) terminal colors support flag or a custom color object
• right - (Boolean: defaults to false) callsite alignment flag, when true prints infos on the right

Examples:

require('console-trace')

You can add the t or traced getter to your calls to obtain a stacktrace:

console.t.log('a');
console.traced.log('a');

You can also make every console call trace:

require('console-trace')({
  always: true,
})

...

console.log('a');     // tracing
console.error('a');   // tracing

You can align the callsite infos to the right

require('console-trace')({
  always: true,
  right: true
})

...

console.log('a');     // tracing right
console.error('a');   // tracing right

You can change defaults colors too

require('./console-trace')({
  always: true,
  colors: {
    warn: '35',
    info: '32'
  }
})

...

console.warn('a');    // magenta
console.info('a');    // green

To customize the string that's prefixed to the calls, override the console.traceFormat function.

Beyond console

If you have more sophisticated logging needs, or don't wish to extend console, I suggest you look at tracer.

Credits

• Guillermo Rauch
• Kilian Ciuffolo
• Nicholas Manousos

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Guillermo Rauch <[email protected]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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