const winston = require('winston'), DailyRotateFile = require('winston-daily-rotate-file'), args = require('args-parser')(process.argv), fileLoggingFormat = winston.format.printf(info => { return `${info.timestamp} ${info.level.toUpperCase()}: ${JSON.stringify(info.message)}`; // the logging format for files }), consoleLoggingFormat = winston.format.printf(info => { return `${info.timestamp} [${info.level}] ${JSON.stringify(info.message)}`; //the logging format for the console }), loggingFullFormat = winston.format.combine( winston.format.splat(), winston.format.timestamp({ format: 'MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS' // don't include the year because the filename already tells }), fileLoggingFormat // the logging format for files that logs with a capitalized level ), logger = winston.createLogger({ level: winston.config.npm.levels, // logs with npm levels format: loggingFullFormat, // the full format for files transports: [ new winston.transports.Console({ format: winston.format.combine( winston.format.colorize(), // colorizes the console logging output winston.format.splat(), winston.format.timestamp({ format: 'YY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS' // logs with the year to the console }), consoleLoggingFormat // logs with the custom console format ), level: args.loglevel || 'info' // logs to the console with the arg loglevel or info if it is not given }), new winston.transports.File({ level: 'debug', // logs with debug level to the active file filename: './.log/latest.log', // the filename of the current file, options: {flags: 'w'} // overwrites the file on restart }), new DailyRotateFile({ level: 'verbose', // log verbose in the rotating logvile filename: './.log/%DATE%.log', // the pattern of the filename datePattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD', // the pattern of %DATE% zippedArchive: true, // indicates that old logfiles should get zipped maxSize: '32m', // the maximum filesize maxFiles: '30d' // the maximum files to keep }) ] }); /** * A function to return the logger that has been created after appending an exception handler * @returns {Object} */ exports.getLogger = function() { logger.exceptions.handle( new winston.transports.File({ filename: './.log/exceptions.log' }) ); return logger; };