Interface PrettyOptionsExtra

Hide objects from output (but not error object).

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false
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Translate the epoch time value into a human readable date and time string. This flag also can set the format string to apply when translating the date to human readable format. For a list of available pattern letters see the documentation.

• The default format is yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l o in UTC.
• Requires a SYS: prefix to translate time to the local system's timezone. Use the shortcut SYS:standard to translate time to yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l o in system timezone.

Default

false
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If set to true, it will print the name of the log level as the first field in the log line.

Default

false
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Define the key that contains the level of the log.

Default

"level"
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Output the log level using the specified label.

Default

"levelLabel"
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The key in the JSON object to use as the highlighted message.

Default

"msg"

Not required when used with pino >= 8.21.0
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Print each log message on a single line (errors will still be multi-line).

Default

false
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The key in the JSON object to use for timestamp display.

Default

"time"
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The minimum log level to include in the output.

Default

"trace"
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Format output of message, e.g. {level} - {pid} will output message: INFO - 1123

Default

false
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Example

{
  messageFormat: (log, messageKey) => {
    const message = log[messageKey];
    if (log.requestId) return `[${log.requestId}] ${message}`;
    return message;
  }
}
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If set to true, will add color information to the formatted output message.

Default

false
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If set to false while colorize is true, will output JSON objects without color.

Default

true
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Appends carriage return and line feed, instead of just a line feed, to the formatted log line.

Default

false
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Define the log keys that are associated with error like objects.

Default

["err", "error"]

Not required to handle custom errorKey when used with pino >= 8.21.0
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When formatting an error object, display this list of properties. The list should be a comma separated list of properties.

Default

""
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Ignore one or several keys. Will be overridden by the option include if include is presented.

Example

"time,hostname"
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Include one or several keys.

Example

"time,level"
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Makes messaging synchronous.

Default

false
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The file, file descriptor, or stream to write to. Defaults to 1 (stdout).

Default

1
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Opens the file with the 'a' flag.

Default

true
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Ensure directory for destination file exists.

Default

false
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Provides the ability to add a custom prettify function for specific log properties. customPrettifiers is an object, where keys are log properties that will be prettified and value is the prettify function itself. For example, if a log line contains a query property, you can specify a prettifier for it:

Default

{}
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Example

{
  customPrettifiers: {
    query: prettifyQuery
  }
}
//...
const prettifyQuery = value => {
 // do some prettify magic
}
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Change the level colors to an user custom preset.

Can be a CSV string in 'level_name:color_value' format or an object. Also supports 'default' as level_name for fallback color.

Example

( CSV ) customColors: 'info:white,some_level:red'
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Example

( Object ) customColors: { info: 'white', some_level: 'red' }
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Only use custom levels and colors (if provided); else fallback to default levels and colors.

Default

true
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