Best way to log from cloud code?

[jeveloper]

This is a question.

I was reviewing a commit and notice there is winston used for logging.
https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/blob/fece2a4b47f1469c6371c39bca63df85276e7d5f/src/logger.js

What's the best way of logging from cloud_code/main.js , it used to be console.log or console.error, is there a way to get access to winston instance?

Thank you

[ndnguru]

you can do something like this:

when you start your parse-server, configure the logger adapter like this (refer to issue #781)

var logger = require('parse-server/lib/Adapters/Logger/FileLoggerAdapter').FileLoggerAdapter;

// ...

var api = new ParseServer({
  databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
  cloud: process.env.CLOUD_CODE_MAIN || __dirname + '/cloud/main.js',
  appId: process.env.APP_ID || 'myAppId',
  masterKey: process.env.MASTER_KEY || '', //Add your master key here. Keep it secret!
  serverURL: process.env.SERVER_URL || 'http://localhost:1337',  // Don't forget to change to https if needed
  loggerAdapter: new logger({ logsFolder: './' })
});

in your main.js:

Parse.Cloud.define('someCouldCodeFunctionName',
    function(request, response) {
        console.log('This will log to the console');
        request.log.info("This will log to the file ", {user:request.user, params:request.params});
        ....        
});

[jeveloper]

Thanks for the tip, i guess default setup doesnt expose logger then.

[sprabs]

Is this still valid, though? I'm pretty confused by the conversation on: #2478

Looks like the logger setup in index.js is different now. I'm just trying to figure out how to make it work. Even with verbose set to true, I'm not seeing logs anymore with the latest parse-server code...