Fastify Logging - 🌲 Sonamu

Sonamu automatically logs Fastify HTTP requests and responses. It’s integrated with LogTape through the @logtape/fastify package.

Why HTTP Logging is Important

HTTP logs are essential for web service operations.

1. Troubleshooting

Error tracking:

[ERROR] POST /api/order → 500
→ Which API failed?
→ When did it occur?
→ Which users were affected?

Bug reproduction:

User report: "Payment isn't working"
→ Check logs: POST /api/payment → 500
→ Error content: "card_declined"
→ Problem identified: Card payment system issue

2. Performance Monitoring

Discovering slow requests:

[WARN] GET /api/user/list → 200 (3500ms)
→ Takes 3.5 seconds, too slow!
→ Query optimization needed

Detecting bottlenecks:

[INFO] GET /api/product/123 → 200 (100ms)
[INFO] GET /api/product/123 → 200 (100ms)
[INFO] GET /api/product/123 → 200 (100ms)
→ Same request repeated
→ Caching needed

3. Security Monitoring

Detecting abnormal access:

[WARN] GET /api/admin/users → 403 (from 192.168.1.100)
[WARN] GET /api/admin/users → 403 (from 192.168.1.100)
[WARN] GET /api/admin/users → 403 (from 192.168.1.100)
→ Repeated unauthorized access attempts
→ Potential security threat

Discovering attack patterns:

[ERROR] POST /api/login → 401
[ERROR] POST /api/login → 401
[ERROR] POST /api/login → 401
→ Possible brute force attack

4. Business Analysis

Usage pattern analysis:

Today's logs:
GET /api/product/* → 1,000 requests
GET /api/user/* → 500 requests
POST /api/order → 200 requests

→ Product views are most common
→ Order conversion rate 20%

What Should Be Logged?

Essential Logging Items

1. Request Information

HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
URL path
Timestamp

[INFO] GET /api/user/list
[INFO] POST /api/order

2. Response Information

Status code (200, 404, 500)
Response time

[INFO] GET /api/user/list → 200 (123ms)
[ERROR] POST /api/order → 500 (456ms)

3. Error Information

Error message
Stack trace

[ERROR] POST /api/payment → 500
Error: Card declined
  at PaymentService.charge
  at OrderController.create

Things NOT to Log

Security information:

// ❌ Never log
POST / api / login;
{
  password: "user-password-123";
} // Password!

// ✅ Safe
POST / api / login;
{
  userId: "user@example.com";
} // Exclude password

Personal information:

// ❌ Exposing sensitive info
[INFO] SSN: 123-45-6789
[INFO] Card number: 1234-5678-9012-3456

// ✅ Masked
[INFO] SSN: ***-**-6789
[INFO] Card number: 1234-****-****-3456

Log Level Selection

info - Normal requests

[INFO] GET /api/user/list → 200 (100ms)
[INFO] POST /api/order → 201 (200ms)

2xx, 3xx status codes
Normal business flow

warning - Needs attention

[WARN] GET /api/user/list → 200 (3500ms)  // Slow
[WARN] POST /api/order → 429 (50ms)      // Rate limit

Slow responses (>1 second)
4xx status codes (client errors)
Rate limiting

error - Server errors

[ERROR] POST /api/payment → 500
[ERROR] GET /api/user/123 → 500

5xx status codes
Exceptions occurred
DB connection failures

Using responseTime

responseTime is the time taken for API response (in milliseconds).

Performance Criteria

Time	Rating	Action
< 100ms	Very fast	Maintain
100-500ms	Acceptable	Monitor
500ms-1s	Slow	Review optimization
> 1s	Very slow	Optimize immediately

Performance Monitoring Configuration

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    filters: {
      fast: (record) => {
        const time = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;
        return time ? time < 100 : false;
      },
      slow: (record) => {
        const time = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;
        return time ? time > 1000 : false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      // Fast requests: debug level
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["console"],
        filters: ["fast"],
        lowestLevel: "debug",
      },
      // Slow requests: warning level
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["console", "slowLog"],
        filters: ["slow"],
        lowestLevel: "warning",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Performance Analysis

// Statistics from log data
/api/user/list
- Average: 150ms
- Min: 50ms
- Max: 500ms

/api/order/create
- Average: 800ms
- Min: 300ms
- Max: 2000ms  // Problem!

→ order/create API needs optimization

Automatic Logging

HTTP logging is automatically enabled without additional configuration.

import { defineConfig } from "sonamu";

export default defineConfig({
  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Automatically logged information:

HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.)
Request URL
Response code (200, 404, 500, etc.)
Response time
Error stack trace (when errors occur)

Default Log Format

[2025-01-09 12:34:56] [fastify] INFO: [GET:200] /api/user/list - Request completed
[2025-01-09 12:34:57] [fastify] INFO: [POST:201] /api/user - User created
[2025-01-09 12:34:58] [fastify] ERROR: [POST:500] /api/order - Internal server error

Format structure:

[timestamp] [category] level: [method:code] URL - message

Default Behavior

1. Logging Target

By default, only paths starting with /api are logged.

// ✅ Logged
GET / api / user / list;
POST / api / order;
PUT / api / company / 123;

// ❌ Not logged
GET / // Not an API
  GET /
  assets /
  logo.png; // Static file
GET / api / healthcheck; // Healthcheck excluded

2. Default sink

Sonamu automatically creates a "fastify-console" sink. Features:

Console output
Pretty format (pretty formatter)
HTTP method and response code display
Timestamp, category display

3. Default filter

A "fastify-console" filter is automatically created. Conditions:

URL starts with /api
Excludes /api/healthcheck

4. Default logger

{
  category: ["fastify"],
  sinks: ["fastify-console"],
  lowestLevel: "info",
  filters: ["fastify-console"],
}

Customizing fastifyCategory

You can change the category used for Fastify logging.

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    fastifyCategory: ["app", "server", "http"],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Log output:

[2025-01-09 12:34:56] [app.server.http] INFO: [GET:200] /api/user/list - Request completed

LogRecord Properties

Fastify logs include special properties.

type FastifyLogRecord = LogRecord & {
  properties: {
    req?: FastifyRequest; // Request info
    res?: FastifyReply; // Response info
    responseTime?: number; // Response time (ms)
  };
};

req Property

{
  method: "GET",
  url: "/api/user/list?page=1",
  originalUrl: "/api/user/list?page=1",
  headers: { ... },
  params: { ... },
  query: { page: "1" },
  body: { ... },
}

res Property

{
  statusCode: 200,
  request: FastifyRequest,  // Associated request
}

responseTime Property

{
  responseTime: 123; // Milliseconds (ms)
}

Custom Filters

URL Pattern Filtering

import type { LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    filters: {
      "admin-only": (record: LogRecord) => {
        const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
        const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
        const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;
        return url?.startsWith("/api/admin") ?? false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["fastify-console"],
        filters: ["admin-only"], // /api/admin/* only
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Status Code Filtering

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    filters: {
      "errors-only": (record: LogRecord) => {
        const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
        return res ? res.statusCode >= 400 : false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["fastify-console"],
        filters: ["errors-only"], // 4xx, 5xx only
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Slow Request Filtering

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    filters: {
      "slow-requests": (record: LogRecord) => {
        const responseTime = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;
        return responseTime ? responseTime > 1000 : false; // Over 1 second
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["fastify-console"],
        filters: ["slow-requests"],
        lowestLevel: "warning",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Custom Formatters

Simple Format

import { getConsoleSink, type LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";

const simpleFormatter = (record: LogRecord): string => {
  const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
  const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;

  if (req) {
    return `${req.method} ${req.url}`;
  }

  if (res) {
    return `${res.request.method} ${res.request.url} → ${res.statusCode}`;
  }

  return record.message.join(" ");
};

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      simple: getConsoleSink({ formatter: simpleFormatter }),
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["simple"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Output:

GET /api/user/list
POST /api/user → 201
GET /api/order/123 → 200

Detailed Format

import { getConsoleSink } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";

const detailedFormatter = (record: LogRecord): string => {
  const timestamp = record.timestamp.toISOString();
  const level = record.level.toUpperCase();

  const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
  const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
  const responseTime = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;

  if (res) {
    const time = responseTime ? ` (${responseTime}ms)` : "";
    return `[${timestamp}] ${level}: ${res.request.method} ${res.request.url} → ${res.statusCode}${time}`;
  }

  if (req) {
    return `[${timestamp}] ${level}: ${req.method} ${req.url}`;
  }

  return `[${timestamp}] ${level}: ${record.message.join(" ")}`;
};

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      detailed: getConsoleSink({ formatter: detailedFormatter }),
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["detailed"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Output:

[2025-01-09T03:34:56.123Z] INFO: GET /api/user/list
[2025-01-09T03:34:56.456Z] INFO: GET /api/user/list → 200 (123ms)
[2025-01-09T03:34:57.789Z] ERROR: POST /api/order → 500 (456ms)

JSON Format

import { getConsoleSink } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";

const jsonFormatter = (record: LogRecord): string => {
  const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
  const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
  const responseTime = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;

  const log = {
    timestamp: record.timestamp.toISOString(),
    level: record.level,
    category: record.category,
    method: req?.method ?? res?.request.method,
    url: req?.url ?? res?.request.url,
    statusCode: res?.statusCode,
    responseTime,
  };

  return JSON.stringify(log);
};

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      json: getConsoleSink({ formatter: jsonFormatter }),
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["json"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Output:

{
  "timestamp": "2025-01-09T03:34:56.123Z",
  "level": "info",
  "category": ["fastify"],
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "/api/user/list",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "responseTime": 123
}

Practical Examples

Development Environment Configuration

import { defineConfig } from "sonamu";

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    fastifyCategory: ["fastify"],
    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["fastify-console"],
        lowestLevel: "debug", // Detailed logs
        filters: ["fastify-console"],
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Production Configuration

import { defineConfig } from "sonamu";
import { getConsoleSink, getFileSink } from "@logtape/logtape";

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      console: getConsoleSink(),
      accessLog: getFileSink("logs/access.log"),
      errorLog: getFileSink("logs/errors.log"),
    },

    filters: {
      errors: (record) => {
        const res = record.properties.res;
        return res ? res.statusCode >= 400 : false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      // Console: warning and above
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["console"],
        lowestLevel: "warning",
      },
      // access.log: all requests
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["accessLog"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
      // error.log: errors only
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["errorLog"],
        filters: ["errors"],
        lowestLevel: "error",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Log Separation by Path

import { defineConfig } from "sonamu";
import { getFileSink } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      adminLog: getFileSink("logs/admin.log"),
      userLog: getFileSink("logs/user.log"),
      publicLog: getFileSink("logs/public.log"),
    },

    filters: {
      admin: (record: LogRecord) => {
        const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
        const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
        const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;
        return url?.startsWith("/api/admin") ?? false;
      },
      user: (record: LogRecord) => {
        const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
        const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
        const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;
        return url?.startsWith("/api/user") ?? false;
      },
      public: (record: LogRecord) => {
        const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
        const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
        const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;
        return url?.startsWith("/api/public") ?? false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["adminLog"],
        filters: ["admin"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["userLog"],
        filters: ["user"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["publicLog"],
        filters: ["public"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Slow Request Monitoring

import { defineConfig } from "sonamu";
import { getConsoleSink, getFileSink } from "@logtape/logtape";
import type { LogRecord } from "@logtape/logtape";

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    sinks: {
      console: getConsoleSink(),
      slowLog: getFileSink("logs/slow-requests.log"),
    },

    filters: {
      slow: (record: LogRecord) => {
        const responseTime = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;
        return responseTime ? responseTime > 1000 : false;
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      // General logs
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["console"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
      // Slow requests (over 1 second)
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["slowLog"],
        filters: ["slow"],
        lowestLevel: "warning",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Disabling Logging

Complete Disable

export default defineConfig({
  logging: false, // Disable all logging

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Disable Only Fastify Logging

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    loggers: [
      // Don't add logger for fastifyCategory
      // → Fastify logging disabled
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Exclude Specific Paths

export default defineConfig({
  logging: {
    filters: {
      "exclude-healthcheck": (record) => {
        const req = record.properties.req;
        const res = record.properties.res;
        const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;
        return url !== "/api/healthcheck"; // Exclude healthcheck
      },
    },

    loggers: [
      {
        category: ["fastify"],
        sinks: ["fastify-console"],
        filters: ["exclude-healthcheck"],
        lowestLevel: "info",
      },
    ],
  },

  server: {
    listen: { port: 34900 },
  },
});

Important Notes

1. req vs res Properties

// ✅ Check both
const req = record.properties.req as FastifyRequest | undefined;
const res = record.properties.res as FastifyReply | undefined;
const url = req?.url ?? res?.request.url;

// ❌ Checking only one may cause misses
const req = record.properties.req;
const url = req.url; // Error if only res exists

2. responseTime Only Exists in res

// ✅ Correct check
const responseTime = record.properties.responseTime as number | undefined;
if (responseTime) {
  // Use responseTime
}

// ❌ Not found in req
const req = record.properties.req;
const responseTime = req?.responseTime; // undefined

3. Caution When Overwriting fastify-console

// ❌ Losing default sink
sinks: {
  "fastify-console": getConsoleSink(),  // Loses default formatter
}

// ✅ Use different name
sinks: {
  "my-console": getConsoleSink(),
}

4. Fastify logger Option Conflict

// ❌ Conflict occurs
logging: false,
server: {
  fastify: {
    logger: true,  // Conflicts with logging: false
  },
}

// ✅ Maintain consistency
logging: false,
server: {
  fastify: {
    // Don't set logger
  },
}

Next Steps

Category Logging

Manage logs systematically with the category system

Sinks & Filters

Control log output with custom Sinks and Filters

LogTape Setup

Learn basic logging configuration and concepts

LogTape Official Documentation

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Troubleshooting

FAQ

​Why HTTP Logging is Important

​1. Troubleshooting

​2. Performance Monitoring

​3. Security Monitoring

​4. Business Analysis

​What Should Be Logged?

​Essential Logging Items

​Things NOT to Log

​Log Level Selection

​Using responseTime

​Performance Criteria

​Performance Monitoring Configuration

​Performance Analysis

​Automatic Logging

​Default Log Format

​Default Behavior

​1. Logging Target

​2. Default sink

​3. Default filter

​4. Default logger

​Customizing fastifyCategory

​LogRecord Properties

​req Property

​res Property

​responseTime Property

​Custom Filters

​URL Pattern Filtering

​Status Code Filtering

​Slow Request Filtering

​Custom Formatters

​Simple Format

​Detailed Format

​JSON Format

​Practical Examples

​Development Environment Configuration

​Production Configuration

​Log Separation by Path

​Slow Request Monitoring

​Disabling Logging

​Complete Disable

​Disable Only Fastify Logging

​Exclude Specific Paths

​Important Notes

​1. req vs res Properties

​2. responseTime Only Exists in res

​3. Caution When Overwriting fastify-console

​4. Fastify logger Option Conflict

​Next Steps

Category Logging

Sinks & Filters

LogTape Setup

LogTape Official Documentation

Why HTTP Logging is Important

1. Troubleshooting

2. Performance Monitoring

3. Security Monitoring

4. Business Analysis

What Should Be Logged?

Essential Logging Items

Things NOT to Log

Log Level Selection

Using responseTime

Performance Criteria

Performance Monitoring Configuration

Performance Analysis

Automatic Logging

Default Log Format

Default Behavior

1. Logging Target

2. Default sink

3. Default filter

4. Default logger

Customizing fastifyCategory

LogRecord Properties

req Property

res Property

responseTime Property

Custom Filters

URL Pattern Filtering

Status Code Filtering

Slow Request Filtering

Custom Formatters

Simple Format

Detailed Format

JSON Format

Practical Examples

Development Environment Configuration

Production Configuration

Log Separation by Path

Slow Request Monitoring

Disabling Logging

Complete Disable

Disable Only Fastify Logging

Exclude Specific Paths

Important Notes

1. req vs res Properties

2. responseTime Only Exists in res

3. Caution When Overwriting fastify-console

4. Fastify logger Option Conflict

Next Steps