express-api-tracer

A lightweight Express middleware for tracing and logging API requests with color coded terminal output and persistent file logging.

Installation

npm install express-api-tracer

Usage

const express = require('express')
const logger = require('express-api-tracer')

const app = express()

app.use(logger())

app.get('/api/test', (req, res) => {
    res.send('hello')
})

app.listen(3000)

Output

Terminal output is color coded by status code:

• 🟢 Green — 2xx Success
• 🟡 Yellow — 4xx Client Error
• 🔴 Red — 5xx Server Error

Each request is logged in this format:

15/01/2024 10:23:45 | GET | /api/test | 2ms | 200

File Logging

Every request is automatically saved to access.log in your project root for permanent history.

License

ISC