logging.js

/**
 * Template for adding plenty of easy logging to your code.
 */

var severityLevel = configs.severity || 1,
    log = {};

// Quick messages, not intended to post unless debugging is needed.
log.debug = function (message, data) {
  log.post(0, message, data);
}

// Good things to know, but just for info and monitoring.
log.notice = function (message, data) {
  log.post(1, message, data);
}

// Events that should be dealt with, but nothing is broken.
log.warn = function (message, data) {
  log.post(3, message, data);
}

// Problems that mean the system is broken somehow.
log.error = function (message, data) {
  log.post(5, message, data);
}

// Push the event to the logging system.
log.post = function (severity, message, data) {
  var Service = new LogService;

  if (environment != 'production') {
    console.log(message);
    console.log(data);
  }

  if (severity < severityLevel) return;

  data = data || {};
  data.message = message;
  Service.postAPI(host, Date.now(), severity, data);
}


/**
 * Example use...
 */

log.warn('Expired account set to closed', {
  'type': 'status-check',
  'user': '123'
});

log.error('Status checking expired users failed to connect', {
  'type': 'scheduled-task'
});

log.debug('Loading all expired users');