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Simple logger for debugging purposes

Note: "methods" in this module are actually "static" functions - see hs.logger.new()

API Overview

API Documentation

Variables

defaultLogLevel
Signature hs.logger.defaultLogLevel
Type Variable
Description

Default log level for new logger instances.

The starting value is 'warning'; set this (to e.g. 'info') at the top of your init.lua to affect all logger instances created without specifying a loglevel parameter

Functions

history
Signature hs.logger.history() -> list of log entries
Type Function
Description

Returns the global log history

Parameters:

  • None

Returns:

  • a list of (at most hs.logger.historySize()) log entries produced by all the logger instances, in chronological order; each entry is a table with the following fields:
    • time - timestamp in seconds since the epoch
    • level - a number between 1 (error) and 5 (verbose)
    • id - a string containing the id of the logger instance that produced this entry
    • message - a string containing the logged message
historySize
Signature hs.logger.historySize([size]) -> number
Type Function
Description

Sets or gets the global log history size

Parameters:

  • size - (optional) the desired number of log entries to keep in the history; if omitted, will return the current size; the starting value is 0 (disabled)

Returns:

  • the current or new history size

Notes:

  • if you change history size (other than from 0) after creating any logger instances, things will likely break
new
Signature hs.logger.new(id, loglevel) -> logger
Type Function
Description

Creates a new logger instance

Parameters:

  • id - a string identifier for the instance (usually the module name)
  • loglevel - (optional) can be 'nothing', 'error', 'warning', 'info', 'debug', or 'verbose', or a corresponding number between 0 and 5; uses hs.logger.defaultLogLevel if omitted

Returns:

  • the new logger instance

Notes:

  • the logger instance created by this method is not a regular object, but a plain table with "static" functions; therefore, do not use the colon syntax for so-called "methods" in this module (as in mylogger:setLogLevel(3)); you must instead use the regular dot syntax: mylogger.setLogLevel(3)

Example:

local log = hs.logger.new('mymodule','debug')
log.i('Initializing') -- will print "[mymodule] Initializing" to the console
printHistory
Signature hs.logger.printHistory([entries[, level[, filter[, caseSensitive]]]])
Type Function
Description

Prints the global log history to the console

Parameters:

  • entries - (optional) the maximum number of entries to print; if omitted, all entries in the history will be printed
  • level - (optional) the desired log level (see hs.logger:setLogLevel()); if omitted, defaults to verbose
  • filter - (optional) a string to filter the entries (by logger id or message) via string.find plain matching
  • caseSensitive - (optional) if true, filtering is case sensitive

Returns:

  • None
setGlobalLogLevel
Signature hs.logger.setGlobalLogLevel(lvl)
Type Function
Description

Sets the log level for all logger instances (including objects' loggers)

Parameters:

  • lvl

Returns:

  • None
setModulesLogLevel
Signature hs.logger.setModulesLogLevel(lvl)
Type Function
Description

Sets the log level for all currently loaded modules

Parameters:

  • lvl

Returns:

  • None

Notes:

  • This function only affects module-level loggers, object instances with their own loggers (e.g. windowfilters) won't be affected; you can use hs.logger.setGlobalLogLevel() for those

Fields

level
Signature hs.logger.level
Type Field
Description

The log level of the logger instance, as a number between 0 and 5

Methods

d
Signature hs.logger:d(...)
Type Method
Description

Logs debug info to the console

Parameters:

  • ... - one or more message strings

Returns:

  • None
df
Signature hs.logger:df(fmt,...)
Type Method
Description

Logs formatted debug info to the console

Parameters:

  • fmt - formatting string as per string.format
  • ... - arguments to fmt

Returns:

  • None
e
Signature hs.logger:e(...)
Type Method
Description

Logs an error to the console

Parameters:

  • ... - one or more message strings

Returns:

  • None
ef
Signature hs.logger:ef(fmt,...)
Type Method
Description

Logs a formatted error to the console

Parameters:

  • fmt - formatting string as per string.format
  • ... - arguments to fmt

Returns:

  • None
f
Signature hs.logger:f(fmt,...)
Type Method
Description

Logs formatted info to the console

Parameters:

  • fmt - formatting string as per string.format
  • ... - arguments to fmt

Returns:

  • None
getLogLevel
Signature hs.logger:getLogLevel() -> number
Type Method
Description

Gets the log level of the logger instance

Parameters:

  • None

Returns:

  • The log level of this logger as a number between 0 and 5
i
Signature hs.logger:i(...)
Type Method
Description

Logs info to the console

Parameters:

  • ... - one or more message strings

Returns:

  • None
setLogLevel
Signature hs.logger:setLogLevel(loglevel)
Type Method
Description

Sets the log level of the logger instance

Parameters:

  • loglevel - can be 'nothing', 'error', 'warning', 'info', 'debug', or 'verbose'; or a corresponding number between 0 and 5

Returns:

  • None
v
Signature hs.logger:v(...)
Type Method
Description

Logs verbose info to the console

Parameters:

  • ... - one or more message strings

Returns:

  • None
vf
Signature hs.logger:vf(fmt,...)
Type Method
Description

Logs formatted verbose info to the console

Parameters:

  • fmt - formatting string as per string.format
  • ... - arguments to fmt

Returns:

  • None
w
Signature hs.logger:w(...)
Type Method
Description

Logs a warning to the console

Parameters:

  • ... - one or more message strings

Returns:

  • None
wf
Signature hs.logger:wf(fmt,...)
Type Method
Description

Logs a formatted warning to the console

Parameters:

  • fmt - formatting string as per string.format
  • ... - arguments to fmt

Returns:

  • None