Logging all the requests coming through an Express app
I had the need to log all the requests coming into my Express app, in a simple way: log them to the console.
No time (and no need) for more complex setups.
So I installed express-requests-logger
npm install express-requests-logger
I required it in my Node app:
import audit from 'express-requests-logger'
and added that as a middleware to my Express app:
app.use(audit())
Done!
You can also do
app.use((req, res, next) => {
console.log(req);
next();
});
but express-requests-logger
has lots of options, formatting and filters you can use without reinventing the wheel.
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