@getankushtyagi/simple-logger

A simple, customizable logger for Node.js applications built on top of Winston. This library offers a clean interface for logging to console and files with support for text or JSON formats and configurable log levels.

Installation

Install the package via npm:

npm install @getankushtyagi/simple-logger

Or using yarn:

yarn add @getankushtyagi/simple-logger

Features

• 📝 Multiple output formats (text, JSON)
• 🔍 Configurable log levels
• 💾 Console and file logging
• ⚙️ Customizable Winston transports
• 🚀 TypeScript support

Usage

Basic Logging

import { SimpleLogger } from '@getankushtyagi/simple-logger';

const logger = new SimpleLogger({
  level: 'debug',
  format: 'text',
  filePath: 'app.log',
});

logger.info('This is an info message');
logger.error('This is an error message');
logger.debug('This is a debug message');
logger.warn('This is a warning message');

Output in app.log:

2025-05-12 13:34:11 [INFO]: This is an info message
2025-05-12 13:34:11 [ERROR]: This is an error message
2025-05-12 13:34:11 [DEBUG]: This is a debug message
2025-05-12 13:34:11 [WARN]: This is a warning message

JSON Format with Log Level Filtering

import { SimpleLogger } from '@getankushtyagi/simple-logger';

const logger = new SimpleLogger({
  level: 'error',
  format: 'json',
  filePath: 'error.json.log',
});

logger.info('This info should not appear');
logger.debug('This debug should not appear');
logger.error('This error should appear');

Output in error.json.log:

{"timestamp":"2025-05-12 13:34:11","level":"error","message":"This error should appear"}

Console-only Logging

import { SimpleLogger } from '@getankushtyagi/simple-logger';

const logger = new SimpleLogger({
  level: 'info',
  format: 'text',
});

logger.info('This will only log to console');

Configuration

The SimpleLogger constructor accepts an optional configuration object with the following properties:

Property	Type	Description	Default
level	string	Log level (error, warn, info, debug)	info (production), debug (development)
format	'text' | 'json'	Output format for logs	text
filePath	string	Path to the log file (optional). If omitted, logs only to console	undefined
transports	winston.transport[]	Custom Winston transports (optional). Overrides default console/file	undefined

Log Levels

The logger supports the following Winston log levels (in order of priority):

• error: 0
• warn: 1
• info: 2
• debug: 3

Logs with a lower priority than the configured level are ignored. For example, setting level: 'error' only logs error messages.

Advanced Usage

Custom Winston Transports

import { SimpleLogger } from '@getankushtyagi/simple-logger';
import winston from 'winston';

const customTransport = new winston.transports.Http({
  host: 'logging-service.example.com',
  path: '/logs',
  ssl: true
});

const logger = new SimpleLogger({
  transports: [customTransport]
});

logger.info('This message will be sent to the HTTP endpoint');

Testing

The package includes Jest tests to verify logging functionality. To run tests:

npm test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Ankush Tyagi

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