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Logs

Summary

This describes how logging is done throughout the Dendron code base

Concepts

JSON Logging

All log information is captured via json logging. This makes it easier to parse

Log Keys

This describes common keys used for logging. Besides for ctx, all other keys are optional

  • ctx: name of the current function/class (required)
  • msg: human readable message
  • {variable}: name of particular variable
  • state: "enter", "exit", "{methodName}:[pre]"
    • NOTE: logging state isn't required and should only be employed as needed for functions that are often subject to debugging
function foo(aBar: number, aBaz: number) {
    const ctx = "foo";
    logger.info({ctx, aBar, aBaz, state: "enter", msg: "foo will be initialized"})

    // more init logic
    ...
    logger.info({ctx, state: "doBar:pre"})
    doBar();
    logger.info({ctx, state: "doBar:post"})

    // more logic
    ...
    logger.info({ctx, state: "exit"})
}
  • NOTE: when using frontend loggers, the ctx is initialized with the logger and there is no need to set it
function foo(aBar: number, aBaz: number) {
    const logger = createDisposableLogger("foo")
    logger.info({aBar, aBaz, state: "enter", msg: "foo will be initialized"})
    ...
    logger.dispose()
}

Rules

Never Log Note Contents

  • when logging, NEVER log note contents (we ask users to paste log data when diagnosting issues). when logging a note, use NoteUtils.toLogObj to log just the note metadata

Bad:

const note: NoteProps = ...
Logger.info(note)

Good:

const note: NoteProps = ...
Logger.info(NoteUtils.toLogObj(note))

Never Log Pod Credentials

  • when logging pods, never log credentials

Bad:

plant({config, ...rest}: PodConfig) {
    Logger.info({config})
}

Good: Exclude API Tokens

plant({config, wsRoot, vaults}: PodConfig) {
    Logger.info({wsRoot, vaults, config: _.omit(config, "apiToken")})
}

Log only what you need

  • in Dendron, its common to pass in a dictionary object to functions 
    opts: {engine: DEngine, wsRoot: string, vaults: DVault[]}

Bad: 

// you never want to log `DEngine` since it contains all notes in the workspace
foo(opts: {engine: DEngine, wsRoot: string, vaults: DVault[]}) {
    Logger.info(opts)
}

Good:

foo(opts: {engine: DEngine, wsRoot: string, vaults: DVault[]}) {
    Logger.info({wsRoot, vaults})
}
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