logging expressJS json requests

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Update:

My mistake, I needed to move the app.use(express.logger('dev')); to the earlier in the program. It now logs every GET and POST.

Express server listening on port 3000
GET /raw 200 13ms
GET /data 304 17ms
GET /stylesheets/style.css 304 3ms
GET / 304 2ms
GET /stylesheets/style.css 304 2ms

I am noticing that the standard middleware express (connect) logging package does a fine job with get requests that use the Routes and Views, but I also have a get that just returns JSON. That is not being logged. Am I doing something wrong?

app.use(express.logger('dev'));
var data = {"testing": "fun"};
app.use(express.compress());
app.use(express.favicon('images/favicon.ico'));
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded());
app.get('/raw', rawData);

function rawData(req, res) {
    res.set({'Cache-Control': 'no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0'});
    res.set({'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
    res.send(data); // adds content-length
};

Try res.json(obj) for JSON or res.jsonp(obj) for JSONP - expressjs.com/api.html#res.json. I've also checked your code and can see entries for the /raw requests in console logs. Can you clarify what does it mean that JSON is not being logged? — Tom
– Tom, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 21:46

Dr.YSG · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18 16:56:15Z

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Update:

My mistake, I needed to move the app.use(express.logger('dev')); to the earlier in the program. It now logs every GET and POST.

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 16:56

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