Logging in express js to a output file?

Question

What is best way to log my express js webserver? The inbuilt express.logger() just displays logs on screen. Can I also log them into a file in /log folder? Also the current

Answer 1

For HTTP request logging: https://github.com/expressjs/morgan#write-logs-to-a-file

var express = require('express')
var fs = require('fs')
var morgan = require('morgan')

var app = express()

// create a write stream (in append mode)
var accessLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/access.log', {flags: 'a'})

// setup the logger
app.use(morgan('combined', {stream: accessLogStream}))

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})