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Logging

Nuxt Kit provides a set of utilities to help you work with logging. These functions allow you to log messages with extra features. Nuxt provides a logger instance that you can use to log messages with extra features.

useLogger

Returns a logger instance. It uses consola under the hood.

Type

function useLogger(tag?: string, options?: Partial<ConsolaOptions>): ConsolaInstance

Parameters

tag: A tag to suffix all log messages with, displayed on the right near the timestamp. options: Consola configuration options.

Usage

import { defineNuxtModule, useLogger } from '@nuxt/kit'

export default defineNuxtModule({
  setup(options, nuxt) {
    const logger = useLogger('my-module')

    logger.info('Hello from my module!')
  },
})

Example with options

import { defineNuxtModule, useLogger } from '@nuxt/kit'

export default defineNuxtModule({
  setup(options, nuxt) {
    const logger = useLogger('my-module', { level: options.quiet ? 0 : 3 })

    logger.info('Hello from my module!')
    logger.success('Module initialized successfully!')
    logger.warn('This is a warning')
    logger.error('Something went wrong')
  },
})

Available log methods

The logger instance provides the following methods:
  • logger.info() - Log an info message
  • logger.success() - Log a success message
  • logger.warn() - Log a warning message
  • logger.error() - Log an error message
  • logger.debug() - Log a debug message
  • logger.trace() - Log a trace message
  • logger.log() - Log a generic message

Source

View source on GitHub