feat: Add a settings option to log to console in json format (#25649)

Co-authored-by: Nerivec <62446222+Nerivec@users.noreply.github.com>

lib/types/types.d.ts

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ declare global {
         device_options: KeyValue;
         advanced: {
             log_rotation: boolean;
+            log_console_json: boolean;
             log_symlink_current: boolean;
             log_output: ('console' | 'file' | 'syslog')[];
             log_directory: string;

lib/util/logger.ts

@@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ class Logger {
         this.logger.add(
             new winston.transports.Console({
                 silent: consoleSilenced,
-                // winston.config.syslog.levels sets 'warning' as 'red'
-                format: winston.format.combine(
-                    winston.format.colorize({colors: {debug: 'blue', info: 'green', warning: 'yellow', error: 'red'}}),
-                    winston.format.printf((info) => {
-                        return `[${info.timestamp}] ${info.level}: \t${info.message}`;
-                    }),
-                ),
+                format: settings.get().advanced.log_console_json
+                    ? winston.format.json()
+                    : winston.format.combine(
+                          // winston.config.syslog.levels sets 'warning' as 'red'
+                          winston.format.colorize({colors: {debug: 'blue', info: 'green', warning: 'yellow', error: 'red'}}),
+                          winston.format.printf((info) => {
+                              return `[${info.timestamp}] ${info.level}: \t${info.message}`;
+                          }),
+                      ),
             }),
         );
 

lib/util/settings.schema.json

@@ -452,6 +452,13 @@
                     "description": "Log rotation",
                     "default": true
                 },
+                "log_console_json": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "title": "Console json log",
+                    "requiresRestart": true,
+                    "description": "Console json log",
+                    "default": false
+                },
                 "log_symlink_current": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "title": "Log symlink current",

lib/util/settings.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export const defaults: RecursivePartial<Settings> = {
     device_options: {},
     advanced: {
         log_rotation: true,
+        log_console_json: false,
         log_symlink_current: false,
         log_output: ['console', 'file'],
         log_directory: path.join(data.getPath(), 'log', '%TIMESTAMP%'),