leommoore · November 14, 2024 05:46 · Nov 18, 2013 · Nov 18, 2013 · Nov 18, 2013 · Nov 18, 2013
diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #Express - Logging
-The <a href='http://expressjs.com/'>Express</a> node.js web application framework comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it just like any other Express module:
-
+The <a href='http://expressjs.com/'>express.js</a> node.js web application framework comes with a built-in logging module called logger which is the <a href='http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/logger.html'>connect.js logger</a>. It is really handy to enable and you can use it just like any other Express module.
     app.use(express.logger());
 
 

diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Express - Logging
-Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it just like any other Express module:
+The <a href='http://expressjs.com/'>Express</a> node.js web application framework comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it just like any other Express module:
 
     app.use(express.logger());
 

diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ If you prefer, you can customize the precise details to be logged using the the
 
 To specify the format just specify it like this:
 
-    app.use(express.logger({ format: ':remote-addr :method :url' }));
+    app.use(express.logger({ 
+      format: ':remote-addr :method :url' }
+    ));
 
 By default it will log everything to STDOUT but you can also configure it to log to a file like:
 
@@ -82,4 +84,7 @@ By default it will log everything to STDOUT but you can also configure it to log
     var fs = require('fs');
     var app = express();
 
-    app.use(express.logger({format: 'tiny', stream: fs.createWriteStream('app.log', {'flags': 'w'})}));
+    app.use(express.logger({
+      format: 'dev', 
+      stream: fs.createWriteStream('app.log', {'flags': 'w'})
+    }));
diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 #Express - Logging
-Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it  just like any other Express module:
+Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it just like any other Express module:
 
     app.use(express.logger());
 
-By default it will log everything to STDOUT but you can also configure it to log to a file like:
 
-    var http = require('http');
-    var express = require('express');
-    var fs = require('fs');
-    var app = express();
-
-    app.use(express.logger({format: 'tiny', stream: fs.createWriteStream('app.log', {'flags': 'w'})}));
+Without any configuration, the logger middleware will generate a detailed log using what is called the default format. The logger actually supports four predefined log formats: default, short ,tiny, and dev. Each of these predefined formats show various amounts of detail. You can specify one of them this way:
+
+    app.use(express.logger('dev'));
 
-Without any configuration, the logger middleware will generate a detailed log. If you prefer, you can customize the details with the following options to format the output of the logger:
+If you prefer, you can customize the precise details to be logged using the the following options to format the output of the logger:
 
 <table>
 <tr>
@@ -79,6 +75,11 @@ To specify the format just specify it like this:
 
     app.use(express.logger({ format: ':remote-addr :method :url' }));
 
+By default it will log everything to STDOUT but you can also configure it to log to a file like:
 
-The logger supports four predefined log formats: default, short ,tiny, and dev. Each of these predefined formats show various amounts of detail. You can specify one of them this way:
-app.use(express.logger('dev'));
+    var http = require('http');
+    var express = require('express');
+    var fs = require('fs');
+    var app = express();
+
+    app.use(express.logger({format: 'tiny', stream: fs.createWriteStream('app.log', {'flags': 'w'})}));
diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it  j
 
     app.use(express.logger());
 
+By default it will log everything to STDOUT but you can also configure it to log to a file like:
+
+    var http = require('http');
+    var express = require('express');
+    var fs = require('fs');
+    var app = express();
+
+    app.use(express.logger({format: 'tiny', stream: fs.createWriteStream('app.log', {'flags': 'w'})}));
+
 Without any configuration, the logger middleware will generate a detailed log. If you prefer, you can customize the details with the following options to format the output of the logger:
 
 <table>
@@ -39,5 +48,37 @@ Without any configuration, the logger middleware will generate a detailed log. I
 <td>Date and time of request</td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+<td>:method</td>
+<td>The HTTP method used for making the request</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:url</td>
+<td>The requested URL</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:referrer</td>
+<td>The URL that referred the current URL</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:user-agent</td>
+<td>The user-agent signature</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:status</td>
+<td>The HTTP statusL</td>
+</tr>
+
 </table>
-
+
+To specify the format just specify it like this:
+
+    app.use(express.logger({ format: ':remote-addr :method :url' }));
+
+
+The logger supports four predefined log formats: default, short ,tiny, and dev. Each of these predefined formats show various amounts of detail. You can specify one of them this way:
+app.use(express.logger('dev'));
diff --git a/Express_Logging.md b/Express_Logging.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#Express - Logging
+Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger and you can use it  just like any other Express module:
+
+    app.use(express.logger());
+
+Without any configuration, the logger middleware will generate a detailed log. If you prefer, you can customize the details with the following options to format the output of the logger:
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<th>Token</th>
+<th>Content</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>:req[header]</td>
+<td>The specific HTTP header of the request</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>:res[header]</td>
+<td>The specific HTTP header of the response</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:http-version</td>
+<td>The HTTP version</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:response-time</td>
+<td>How long it took to generate the response</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:remote-addr</td>
+<td>The user agent's IP address</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>:date</td>
+<td>Date and time of request</td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+