gelf-node is a full implementation for sending messages in GELF (Graylog Extended Log Format) from node.js
var Gelf = require('gelf');
var gelf = new Gelf(); // with default config
Initialize with custom config
var Gelf = require('gelf');
var gelf = new Gelf({
graylogPort: 12201,
graylogHostname: '127.0.0.1',
connection: 'wan',
maxChunkSizeWan: 1420,
maxChunkSizeLan: 8154
});
//send just a shortmessage
gelf.emit('gelf.log', 'myshortmessage');
//send a full message
var message = {
"version": "1.0",
"host": "www1",
"short_message": "Short message",
"full_message": "Backtrace here\n\nmore stuff",
"timestamp": 1291899928.412,
"level": 1,
"facility": "payment-backend",
"file": "/var/www/somefile.rb",
"line": 356,
"_user_id": 42,
"_something_else": "foo"
};
gelf.emit('gelf.log', message);