HTTP request logger middleware for node.js
APINamed after Dexter, a show you should not watch until completion.
morgan(format, options)var morgan = require('morgan')
Create a new morgan logger middleware function using the given format
and options
. The format
argument may be a string of a predefined name (see below for the names), a string of a format string, or a function that will produce a log entry.
The format
function will be called with three arguments tokens
, req
, and res
, where tokens
is an object with all defined tokens, req
is the HTTP request and res
is the HTTP response. The function is expected to return a string that will be the log line, or undefined
/ null
to skip logging.
Using a custom format functionmorgan(':method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms')
Optionsmorgan(function (tokens, req, res) {
  return [
    tokens.method(req, res),
    tokens.url(req, res),
    tokens.status(req, res),
    tokens.res(req, res, 'content-length'), '-',
    tokens['response-time'](req, res), 'ms'
  ].join(' ')
})
Morgan accepts these properties in the options object.
immediateWrite log line on request instead of response. This means that a requests will be logged even if the server crashes, but data from the response (like the response code, content length, etc.) cannot be logged.
skipFunction to determine if logging is skipped, defaults to false
. This function will be called as skip(req, res)
.
streammorgan('combined', {
  skip: function (req, res) { return res.statusCode < 400 }
})
Output stream for writing log lines, defaults to process.stdout
.
There are various pre-defined formats provided:
combinedStandard Apache combined log output.
:remote-addr - :remote-user [:date[clf]] ":method :url HTTP/:http-version" :status :res[content-length] ":referrer" ":user-agent"
common
Standard Apache common log output.
:remote-addr - :remote-user [:date[clf]] ":method :url HTTP/:http-version" :status :res[content-length]
dev
Concise output colored by response status for development use. The :status
token will be colored green for success codes, red for server error codes, yellow for client error codes, cyan for redirection codes, and uncolored for information codes.
:method :url :status :response-time ms - :res[content-length]
short
Shorter than default, also including response time.
:remote-addr :remote-user :method :url HTTP/:http-version :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms
tiny
The minimal output.
:method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms
Tokens Creating new tokens
To define a token, simply invoke morgan.token()
with the name and a callback function. This callback function is expected to return a string value. The value returned is then available as ":type" in this case:
morgan.token('type', function (req, res) { return req.headers['content-type'] })
Calling morgan.token()
using the same name as an existing token will overwrite that token definition.
The token function is expected to be called with the arguments req
and res
, representing the HTTP request and HTTP response. Additionally, the token can accept further arguments of it's choosing to customize behavior.
The current date and time in UTC. The available formats are:
clf
for the common log format ("10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 +0000"
)iso
for the common ISO 8601 date time format (2000-10-10T13:55:36.000Z
)web
for the common RFC 1123 date time format (Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:55:36 GMT
)If no format is given, then the default is web
.
The HTTP version of the request.
:methodThe HTTP method of the request.
:referrerThe Referrer header of the request. This will use the standard mis-spelled Referer header if exists, otherwise Referrer.
:remote-addrThe remote address of the request. This will use req.ip
, otherwise the standard req.connection.remoteAddress
value (socket address).
The user authenticated as part of Basic auth for the request.
:req[header]The given header
of the request. If the header is not present, the value will be displayed as "-"
in the log.
The given header
of the response. If the header is not present, the value will be displayed as "-"
in the log.
The time between the request coming into morgan
and when the response headers are written, in milliseconds.
The digits
argument is a number that specifies the number of digits to include on the number, defaulting to 3
, which provides microsecond precision.
The status code of the response.
If the request/response cycle completes before a response was sent to the client (for example, the TCP socket closed prematurely by a client aborting the request), then the status will be empty (displayed as "-"
in the log).
The time between the request coming into morgan
and when the response has finished being written out to the connection, in milliseconds.
The digits
argument is a number that specifies the number of digits to include on the number, defaulting to 3
, which provides microsecond precision.
The URL of the request. This will use req.originalUrl
if exists, otherwise req.url
.
The contents of the User-Agent header of the request.
morgan.compile(format)Compile a format string into a format
function for use by morgan
. A format string is a string that represents a single log line and can utilize token syntax. Tokens are references by :token-name
. If tokens accept arguments, they can be passed using []
, for example: :token-name[pretty]
would pass the string 'pretty'
as an argument to the token token-name
.
The function returned from morgan.compile
takes three arguments tokens
, req
, and res
, where tokens
is object with all defined tokens, req
is the HTTP request and res
is the HTTP response. The function will return a string that will be the log line, or undefined
/ null
to skip logging.
Normally formats are defined using morgan.format(name, format)
, but for certain advanced uses, this compile function is directly available.
Simple app that will log all request in the Apache combined format to STDOUT
vanilla http servervar express = require('express')
var morgan = require('morgan')
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var app = express()
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app.use(morgan('combined'))
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app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})
Simple app that will log all request in the Apache combined format to STDOUT
write logs to a file single filevar finalhandler = require('finalhandler')
var http = require('http')
var morgan = require('morgan')
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var logger = morgan('combined')
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http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var done = finalhandler(req, res)
  logger(req, res, function (err) {
    if (err) return done(err)
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    res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/plain')
    res.end('hello, world!')
  })
})
Simple app that will log all requests in the Apache combined format to the file access.log
.
log file rotationvar express = require('express')
var fs = require('fs')
var morgan = require('morgan')
var path = require('path')
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var app = express()
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var accessLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, 'access.log'), { flags: 'a' })
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app.use(morgan('combined', { stream: accessLogStream }))
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app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})
Simple app that will log all requests in the Apache combined format to one log file per day in the log/
directory using the rotating-file-stream module.
split / dual loggingvar express = require('express')
var morgan = require('morgan')
var path = require('path')
var rfs = require('rotating-file-stream')Â
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var app = express()
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var accessLogStream = rfs.createStream('access.log', {
  interval: '1d',Â
  path: path.join(__dirname, 'log')
})
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app.use(morgan('combined', { stream: accessLogStream }))
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app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})
The morgan
middleware can be used as many times as needed, enabling combinations like:
Sample app that will log all requests to a file using Apache format, but error responses are logged to the console:
use custom token formatsvar express = require('express')
var fs = require('fs')
var morgan = require('morgan')
var path = require('path')
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var app = express()
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app.use(morgan('dev', {
  skip: function (req, res) { return res.statusCode < 400 }
}))
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app.use(morgan('common', {
  stream: fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, 'access.log'), { flags: 'a' })
}))
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app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})
Sample app that will use custom token formats. This adds an ID to all requests and displays it using the :id
token.
Licensevar express = require('express')
var morgan = require('morgan')
var uuid = require('node-uuid')
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morgan.token('id', function getId (req) {
  return req.id
})
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var app = express()
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app.use(assignId)
app.use(morgan(':id :method :url :response-time'))
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app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('hello, world!')
})
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function assignId (req, res, next) {
  req.id = uuid.v4()
  next()
}
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