alfa-log

console.log in color for NodeJS

installation:

npm install alfa-log --save

usage:

place this in each module to initialise with module name:

const log = require('alfa-log')('myModuleName');

or, to initialise and display info message:

const log = require('alfa-log')('myModuleName', 'info', 'loaded');

optional arguments: require('alfa-log')(moduleName, level, txt, {bright: true});

• moduleName - optional, prefixes each message with text in square brackets
• level = log|info|warn|error - optional, used in conjunction with txt, to display log message
• txt - optional, used in conjunction with level, to display log message
• options = {bright: true} optional, to make all messages bright

then call log function:

log.l('normal message', object1, object2, etc);
log.i('blue message');
log.w('yellow message');
log.e('red message');

log.c('cyan message');
log.g('green message');
log.m('magenta message');

to make color brighter use caps:

log.L('bright normal message', object1, object2, etc);
log.I('bright blue message');
log.W('bright yellow message');
log.E('bright red message');

log.C('bright cyan message');
log.G('bright green message');
log.M('bright magenta message');

test how colors are interpreted by your console: run node example.js