Lightning Logging Service Component

ErrorLoggingSvc.cmp

<aura:component >
    
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doInit}"/>
    
    <aura:attribute name="newLogRec" type="Error_Log__c" />
    <aura:attribute name="newLog" type="Error_Log__c" />
    <aura:attribute name="logError" type="string" description="Error message returned by logging service" />
    <force:recordData aura:id="errorLogCreator" 
                         layoutType="FULL"
                         targetRecord="{!v.newLogRec}"
                         targetFields="{!v.newLog}"
                         targetError="{!v.logError}" />
    
    <aura:method name="logMessage" action="{!c.logMessage}" 
                 description="Used to log error message to the custom Error_Log__c object" >
        <aura:attribute name="name" type="String" />
        <aura:attribute name="msg" type="String" />
    </aura:method>

</aura:component>

// CONTROLLER
({
	doInit : function(component, event, helper) {
      	helper.getNewRecord(component);  
    },
	logMessage : function(component, event, helper) {
        helper.createNewLog(component, event);
    }
})

// HELPER
({
	getNewRecord : function(component) {
    	component.find("errorLogCreator").getNewRecord(
            "Error_Log__c", 
            null, 
            false, 
            $A.getCallback(function() {
                var rec = component.get("v.newLog");
                var error = component.get("v.logError");
                if(error || (rec === null)) {
                    console.log('Error trying to create log error:' + error)
                }
            })
        );

    },
    createNewLog : function(component, event) {
        var params = event.getParam('arguments');
        if (params) {
            component.set("v.newLog.Name", params.name);
			component.set("v.newLog.Message__c", params.msg);
            component.set("v.newLog.Date_Time__c", new Date());
        }
        component.find("errorLogCreator").saveRecord(function(saveResult) {
            if (saveResult.state === "ERROR") {
                console.log('Error trying to save log error');
            } 
        });
    }
})

ErrorLoggingSvcApp.app

<aura:application >
	<c:ErrorLoggingSvc aura:id="logService" />
    <lightning:button label="log" onclick="{!c.logMessage}"/>
</aura:application>

// CONTROLLER
({
	logMessage : function(component, event, helper) {
		var log = component.find("logService");
        log.logMessage(component.getName(), 'testing the logger service')
	}
})