Electron Log Discord ·

This is a class-based plugin for Electron Log that allows you to easily send logs to a Discord channel using webhooks.

Never created webhooks in Discord? Check out the official article.

Installation

Install using npm:

1npm install electron-log-discord

Usage

Import the required classes:

1import ElectronLog from 'electron-log';
2import DiscordTransport from 'electron-log-discord';

Create an instance of the DiscordTransport class, providing the webhook URL and the instance of ElectronLog that you want to use:

1new DiscordTransport({
2    webhook: 'https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...',
3    electronLog: ElectronLog
4});

This will automatically add the DiscordTransport to ElectronLog, so now, whenever you call a logging method (e.g. ElectronLog.info, ElectronLog.warn, ElectronLog.error), the message will be sent to the specified Discord channel.

Additionally, you can provide the username and avatar of the message author that will be displayed on the Discord channel. It's also possible to limit the log level that this transport will accept. All options are available below.

Options

The following options can be passed to DiscordTransport:

• webhook: The Discord webhook URL to send the logs to. (required)
• username: The username to use when sending the logs.
• avatar: The avatar URL to use when sending the logs.
• thumb: The thumb URL to use when sending the logs.
• level: The log level to use when sending the logs. (default: 'silly')
• electronLog: The ElectronLog instance to use for logging.

Examples

Sending logs only above a certain level

You can configure DiscordTransport to only send logs above a certain level by setting the level option. For example, to only send logs at the 'warn' level or above:

1new DiscordTransport({
2    webhook: 'https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...',
3    level: 'warn', // error, warn, info, verbose, debug, silly, log
4});

Customizing the appearance of the messages

You can customize the appearance of the messages by extending the DiscordTransport class and overriding the getPayload method. By default, getPayload returns an object with the message text and some metadata. You can modify this object to include additional fields or change the appearance of the message. For example, this modification will arrange the log in a way that the description comes after the level and datetime information.

1class CustomDiscordTransport extends DiscordTransport {
2    getPayload(message) {
3
4        const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
5            .setThumbnail(this.thumb)
6            .setColor(this.colors[message.level])
7            .addFields(
8                {
9                    name: 'Level',
10                    value: message.level,
11                    inline: true
12                },
13                {
14                    name: 'DateTime',
15                    value: message.date.toISOString(),
16                    inline: true
17                },
18                {
19                    name: 'Description',
20                    value: this.transform(message),
21                }
22            );
23
24        return {
25            username: this.username,
26            avatarURL: this.avatar,
27            embeds: [embed]
28        };
29    }
30}
31
32new CustomDiscordTransport({
33    webhook: 'https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...',
34});

You can check the official Discord guide for more details and options about how webhooks work.