//The connect/express logger was added to log4js by danbell. This allows connect/express servers to log using log4js. //https://github.com/nomiddlename/log4js-node/wiki/Connect-Logger // load modules var log4js = require('log4js'); var express = require("express"); var app = express(); //config log4js.configure({ appenders: [ { type: 'console' }, { type: 'file', filename: 'logs/log4jsconnect.log', category: 'log4jslog' } ] }); //define logger var logger = log4js.getLogger('log4jslog'); // set at which time msg is logged print like: only on error & above // logger.setLevel('ERROR'); //express app app.configure(function() { app.use(express.favicon('')); // app.use(log4js.connectLogger(logger, { level: log4js.levels.INFO })); // app.use(log4js.connectLogger(logger, { level: 'auto', format: ':method :url :status' })); //### AUTO LEVEL DETECTION //http responses 3xx, level = WARN //http responses 4xx & 5xx, level = ERROR //else.level = INFO app.use(log4js.connectLogger(logger, { level: 'auto' })); }); //route app.get('/', function(req,res) { res.send('hello world'); }); //start app app.listen(5000); console.log('server runing at localhost:5000'); console.log('Simulation of normal response: goto localhost:5000'); console.log('Simulation of error response: goto localhost:5000/xxx');