Logging

Catalyst provides a global logger instance for server-side logging.

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Usage

logger.info("User logged in");
logger.debug("Processing request", { userId: 123 });
logger.error("Failed to connect to database", error);

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Log Levels

Level	Use Case
info	General information
debug	Detailed debugging
error	Errors and exceptions

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Log Format

{
  "level": "info",
  "message": "User logged in",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15 10:30:45"
}

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Configuration

Configure logging in config/config.json:

Key	Default	Description
ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGS	false	Enable debug-level logging
ENABLE_CONSOLE_LOGGING	true	Output logs to console
ENABLE_FILE_LOGGING	false	Write logs to files

config/config.json

{
  "ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGS": true,
  "ENABLE_CONSOLE_LOGGING": true,
  "ENABLE_FILE_LOGGING": true
}

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File Logging

When ENABLE_FILE_LOGGING is true:

• Logs are written to the project root directory
• Log files are automatically rotated
• Logs older than 3 days are deleted