/django-js-error-logging

Logging Client-Side JavaScript errors for Django

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Django JS Error Logging

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The Django JS Error Logging is logging for Client-Side JavaScript errors. You can log by the following three ways.

  • Save to Django model
  • Notify by Email
  • Logging by python logger

Installation

  1. Add the jserrorlogging directory to your Python path.

    Can use pip command:

    $ pip install django-js-error-logging
    
  2. Add jserrorlogging to your INSTALLED_APPS.:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'jserrorlogging',
        # ...
    )
    
  3. Add the following context processor to your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS.:

    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
        # ...
        'jserrorlogging.context_processors.static',
        # ...
    )
    
  4. Add the following configuration to your urls.py.:

    urlpatterns = patterns(
        # ...
        url(r'^jserr/$', include('jserrorlogging.urls', namespace='jserrorlogging')),
        # ...
    )
    
  5. Add the following templatetag to head tag in your template.:

    <head>
    # ...
    {% include "jserrorlogging/includes/script.html" %}
    # ...
    </head>
    

    About more information of static files for Django, you can see at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/.

  6. Add the following static files.

    Copy static/jserrorlogging directory to STATIC_ROOT or run the following command:

    $ python manage.py collectstatic
    
  7. Run syncdb.:

    $ python manage.py syncdb
    

    Note: When your project use South, run the following command.:

    $ python manage.py migrate jserrorlogging
    

    If you don't want to save to django model, don't you run these commands.

Configuration

Django JS Error Logging has the following optional settings.

Save to Django model

You can see results of logging in Admin site.

This option is default enabled. When you don't need to this option, JSERRORLOGGING_ENABLE_MODEL set to False.

Notify by Email

You can send results of logging to Email.

This option is default enabled. When you don't need to this option, JSERRORLOGGING_ENABLE_MAIL set to False.

JSERRORLOGGING_MAIL_TO

Default: settings.ADMINS

You can set the custom recipients for notification:

JSERRORLOGGING_MAIL_TO = (
    ('someone', 'someone@example.com'),
)
JSERRORLOGGING_MAIL_NOTIFY_INTERVAL

Default: 3600

When the same errors occurred, you can stop notification for the duration of this setting (seconds).

Logging by python logger

You can use Python's builtin logger.

This option is default disabled. When you need to this option, JSERRORLOGGING_ENABLE_LOGGER set to True. And JSERRORLOGGING_LOGGER_NAME set to your custom logger name.

Example:

LOGGING = {
    # ...
    'loggers': {
        # ...
        'jserror': {
            'handlers': ['console', 'mail_admins'],
            'level': 'INFO',
            'filters': ['special']
        },
        # ...
    }
    # ...
}

# ...

JSERRORLOGGING_ENABLE_MODEL = 'jserror'

# ...

About more information of logging for Django, you can see at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging/.

Logging additional data

You can log your custom data.

If you want to log custom data, Create a template that extends jserrorlogging/includes/script.html and edit meta_data block.

Example (path_to_your_template_dir/script_with_more_data.html):

{% extends "jserrorlogging/includes/script.html" %}
{% block meta_data %}
djjserr.meta = {
    username: '{{ user.username }}',
    always_true: true
};
{% endblock %}

Others

other configuration options.

JSERRORLOGGING_LOG_MODEL

Default: 'jserrorlogging.Log'

A name of model to save log.

JSERRORLOGGING_STATIC_URL

Default: settings.STATIC_URL + 'jserrorlogging/'

A URL of script files for Django JS Error Logging.