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log-utils

Basic logging utils: colors, symbols and timestamp.
Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install log-utils --save
All module dependencies are tiny and are lazily evaluated, this takes around ~1 millisecond to load.
Usage
var lu = require('log-utils');
API
.symbol.error
Error symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.symbol.error);
//=> ✖
.symbol.info
Info symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.symbol.info);
//=> ℹ
.symbol.success
Success symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.symbol.success);
//=> ✔
.symbol.warning
Warning symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.symbol.warning);
//=> ⚠
.error
Get a red error symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.error);
//=> ✖
.info
Get a cyan info symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.info);
//=> ℹ
.success
Get a green success symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.success);
//=> ✔
.warning
Get a yellow warning symbol.
Example
console.log(utils.warning);
//=> ⚠
.timestamp
Get a formatted timestamp.
Example
console.log(utils.timestamp);
//=> [15:27:46]
.ok
Log a white success message prefixed by a green check.
Example
utils.ok('Alright!');
//=> '✔ Alright!'
.spinner
Start a basic terminal spinner. Currently this only allows for one spinner at a time, but there are plans to allow multiple named spinners.
Example
utils.spinner('downloading...');
.spinner.stop
Stop a spinner.
Example
utils.spinner.stop('finished downloading');
.spinner.startTimer
Start a timer with a spinner. Requires an instance of [time-diff][] as the first argument.
Example
var Time = require('time-diff');
var time = new Time();
utils.spinner.startTimer(time, 'foo', 'downloading');
.spinner.stopTimer
Stop a spinner-timer.
Example
utils.spinner.stopTimer(time, 'foo', 'finished downloading');
Colors
Available colors from ansi-colors:
.bgblack()
.bgblue()
.bgcyan()
.bggreen()
.bgmagenta()
.bgred()
.bgwhite()
.bgyellow()
.black()
.blue()
.bold()
.cyan()
.dim()
.gray()
.green()
.grey()
.hidden()
.inverse()
.italic()
.magenta()
.red()
.reset()
.strikethrough()
.underline()
.white()
.yellow()
Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
- ansi-colors: Collection of ansi colors and styles. | homepage
- error-symbol: Cross-platform error symbol. | homepage
- info-symbol: Cross-platform info symbol. | homepage
- success-symbol: Cross-platform success symbol. | homepage
- warning-symbol: Cross-platform warning symbol. | homepage
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Building docs
Generate readme and API documentation with verb:
$ npm install verb && npm run docs
Or, if verb is installed globally:
$ verb
Running tests
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb, v0.9.0, on April 21, 2016.