@nestjs-labs/nestjs-pino-extra

Enhanced nestjs-pino with OpenTelemetry, Loki, file rotation and enterprise features.

Features

• 🔍 OpenTelemetry Integration: Automatic span and trace ID injection
• 📊 Loki Transport: Send logs to Grafana Loki
• 📁 File Rotation: Automatic log file rotation with compression
• 🎨 Pretty Logging: Colored and formatted console output
• 🔒 Security: Automatic redaction of sensitive fields
• ⚡ Performance: High-performance logging with Pino

Installation

pnpm install @nestjs-labs/nestjs-pino-extra nestjs-pino @nestjs-labs/pino-http-extra @nestjs/config --save

Peer Dependencies

• @nestjs/config (^4.0.0): Configuration management
• nestjs-pino (^4.4.0): NestJS Pino integration
• @nestjs-labs/pino-http-extra (^1.0.0): Enhanced pino-http functionality

Quick Start

Basic Usage

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
import { LoggerModule } from '@nestjs-labs/nestjs-pino-extra';

@Module({
  imports: [
    ConfigModule.forRoot(),
    LoggerModule.forRootAsync({
      imports: [ConfigModule],
      useFactory: (configService: ConfigService) => 
        getNestjsPinoModuleOptions(configService),
      inject: [ConfigService],
    }),
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

Environment Variables

# Required
OTLP_SERVICE_NAME=my-app

# Optional
LOG_LEVEL=info
LOG_FILE=/var/log/app.log
LOG_LOKI=http://loki:3100
OTEL_SPAN_ID_KEY=spanId
OTEL_TRACE_ID_KEY=traceId

Advanced Configuration

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
import { LoggerModule } from '@nestjs-labs/nestjs-pino-extra';

@Module({
  imports: [
    ConfigModule.forRoot(),
    LoggerModule.forRootAsync({
      imports: [ConfigModule],
      useFactory: (configService: ConfigService) => 
        getNestjsPinoModuleOptions(configService, {
          exclude: [
            { method: 0, path: '/health' },
            { method: 0, path: '/metrics' },
          ],
        }),
      inject: [ConfigService],
    }),
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

API Reference

Functions

getNestjsPinoModuleOptions(configService, overrides?)

Get nestjs-pino module options with improved type safety and validation.

Parameters:

• configService: ConfigService - NestJS configuration service
• overrides: Params (optional) - Overrides for the module options

Returns: Params - Configured nestjs-pino module options

getPinoHttpOption(level?, spanIdKey?, traceIdKey?)

Get pino-http options with OpenTelemetry integration.

Parameters:

• level: string (default: 'info') - Log level
• spanIdKey: string (default: 'spanId') - OpenTelemetry span ID key
• traceIdKey: string (default: 'traceId') - OpenTelemetry trace ID key

Returns: Options - Configured pino-http options

getMultiDestinationStream(app, level?, filepath?, loki?)

Create multi-destination stream supporting pretty, file, and Loki outputs.

Parameters:

• app: string - Application name
• level: pino.Level (default: 'info') - Log level
• filepath: string (optional) - Log file path for rotation
• loki: LokiOptions (optional) - Loki options

Returns: MultiStreamRes - Configured multi-stream

Examples

Custom Logging

import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';

@Injectable()
export class AppService {
  private readonly logger = new Logger(AppService.name);

  getHello(): string {
    this.logger.log('Hello World!');
    return 'Hello World!';
  }
}

HTTP Request Logging

The middleware automatically logs HTTP requests with:

• Request ID generation
• Response time tracking
• Status code-based log levels
• Sensitive data redaction

License

MIT