fluent-logger-stream

fluent-logger-stream is a stream-based Fluentd logger for Node.js. It is designed to be plugged into other logger's output stream. It also can be used as an independent logger for Fluentd.

Installation

npm install fluent-logger-stream

Usage

Create logger object

var Logger = require('fluent-logger-stream');
var logger = new Logger({tag: 'debug', type: 'forward', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 24224}); //in_forward
var logger = new Logger({tag: 'debug', type: 'http', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 8888}); //in_http
var logger = new Logger({tag: 'debug', type: 'tail', filePath: 'debug.log'}); //in_tail

As an independent logger module

var Logger = require('fluent-logger-stream');

var logger = new Logger({tag: 'debug', type: 'forward', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 24224}); //in_forward

logger.send('debug', {from: 'userA', to: 'userB'});

As a writable stream plugin

fluent-logger-stream is a writable stream. It can be used as an output stream of other loggers. The examples are shown below.

var FluentLogger = require('fluent-logger-stream');

var fluentLogger = new FluentLogger({tag: 'debug', type: 'forward', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 24224}); //in_forward

//bunyan logger
var log = bunyan.createLogger({
  name: 'myapp',
  stream: fluentLogger,
  level: 'debug'
});

//connect logger
connect.logger({stream: fluentLogger});

//..and any other logger modules that supports output stream.

Todos

• add tests
• support more fluentd inputs
• error handlers

License

The MIT License