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Express Web Application Development

You're reading from   Express Web Application Development Here's a comprehensive guide to making the most of Express's flexibility in building web applications. With lots of screenshots and examples, it's the perfect step-by-step manual for those with an intermediate knowledge of JavaScript.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849696548
Length 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Logging requests to the App


Express comes with a built-in logging module called logger, it can be a very useful tool while you are developing the app. You enable it like any other Express module:

app.use(express.logger());

Without any options, the logger middleware will log a detailed log. You can customize the details with the following tokens in the format option of the logger middleware:

Token

Content

:req[header]

The specific HTTP header of the request

:res[header]

The specific HTTP header of the response

:http-version

The HTTP version

:response-time

How long it took to generate the response

:remote-addr

The user agent's IP address

:date

Date and time of request

:method

The HTTP method used for making the request

:url

The requested URL

:referrer

The URL that referred the current URL

:user-agent

The user-agent signature

:status

The HTTP status

And this is how you specify the log format using the tokens:

app.use(express.logger({ format: ':remote...
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