Stackdriver Logging for Winston

This module provides an easy to use, higher-level layer for working with Stackdriver Logging, compatible with Winston. Simply attach this as a transport to your existing Winston loggers.

• Stackdriver Logging for Winston API Reference
• github.com/googleapis/nodejs-logging-winston
• Logging Documentation

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Table of contents:

• Quickstart
  • Before you begin
  • Installing the client library
  • Using the client library
• Samples
• Versioning
• Contributing
• License

Quickstart

Before you begin

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.

   Go to the projects page

2. Enable billing for your project.

   Enable billing

3. Enable the Stackdriver Logging API.

   Enable the API

4. Set up authentication with a service account so you can access the API from your local workstation.

For a more detailed Stackdriver Logging setup guide, see https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/setup/nodejs.

Installing the client library

npm install --save @google-cloud/logging-winston

Using the client library

const winston = require('winston');
const Logger = winston.Logger;
const Console = winston.transports.Console;

// Imports the Google Cloud client library for Winston

// Node 6+
const {LoggingWinston} = require('@google-cloud/logging-winston');

// Node 4+
// const LoggingWinston = require('@google-cloud/logging-winston').LoggingWinston;

// Using ES6 style imports via TypeScript or Babel
// import {LogginWinston} from '@google-cloud/logging-winston';

// Creates a Winston Stackdriver Logging client
const loggingWinston = new LoggingWinston();

// Create a Winston logger that streams to Stackdriver Logging
// Logs will be written to: "projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/logs/winston_log"
const logger = new Logger({
  level: 'info', // log at 'info' and above
  transports: [
    // Log to the console
    new Console(),
    // And log to Stackdriver Logging
    loggingWinston,
  ],
});

// Writes some log entries
logger.error('warp nacelles offline');
logger.info('shields at 99%');

Error Reporting

Any Error objects you log at severity error or higher can automatically be picked up by Stackdriver Error Reporting if your application is running on Google Cloud Platform. Make sure to add logs to your uncaught exception and unhandled rejection handlers if you want to see those errors too.

You may also want to see the @google-cloud/error-reporting module which provides direct access to the Error Reporting API.

Formatting Request Logs

To format your request logs you can provide a httpRequest property as part of the log metadata you provide to winston. We will treat this as the HttpRequest message and Stackdriver logging will show this as a request log. Example:

winston.info(`${req.url} endpoint hit`, {
  httpRequest: {
    status: res.statusCode,
    requestUrl: req.url,
    requestMethod: req.method,
    remoteIp: req.connection.remoteAddress,
    // etc.
  }
});

The httpRequest proprety must be a properly formatted HttpRequest message.

Correlating Logs with Traces

If you use @google-cloud/trace-agent module, then this module will set the Stackdriver Logging LogEntry trace property based on the current trace context when available. That correlation allows you to view log entries inline with trace spans in the Stackdriver Trace Viewer. Example:

If you wish to set the LogEntry trace property with a custom value, then set a winston metadata property for 'logging.googleapis.com/trace', which is exported by this module as LOGGING_TRACE_KEY. For example:

const winston = require('winston');
const {LoggingWinston} = require('@google-cloud/logging-winston');

// ...

winston.info('Log entry with custom trace value', {
  [LoggingWinston.LOGGING_TRACE_KEY]: 'custom-trace-value'
});

Samples

Samples are in the samples/ directory. The samples' README.md has instructions for running the samples.

Sample	Source Code	Try it
Quickstart	source code
Explict Auth Setup	source code

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

This library is considered to be in beta. This means it is expected to be mostly stable while we work toward a general availability release; however, complete stability is not guaranteed. We will address issues and requests against beta libraries with a high priority.

More Information: Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE