---
title: "@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools"
---
# @push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools
beautiful logging for the browser

## Install
To install `@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools`, use the following command in your project:

```sh
npm install @push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools --save
```

This will add `smartlog-destination-devtools` as a dependency to your project and you can start using it to enhance your logging in the browser.

## Usage

`@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools` provides a seamless way to output beautified log messages directly to your browser's console, making use of the `@push.rocks/smartlog` ecosystem for structured and meaningful logging.

### Getting Started

First, ensure you have `@push.rocks/smartlog` installed in your project. If not, install it alongside `smartlog-destination-devtools`:

```sh
npm install @push.rocks/smartlog @push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools --save
```

Now, let's set up the basic usage of `smartlog-destination-devtools` within a TypeScript project.

### Initialization

Import the required modules and initialize `Smartlog` and `SmartlogDestinationDevtools`.

```typescript
import { Smartlog, ISmartlogOptions, ILogContext } from '@push.rocks/smartlog';
import { SmartlogDestinationDevtools } from '@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools';

// Define your log context
const logContext: ILogContext = {
  company: 'Your Company',
  companyunit: 'Your Company Unit',
  containerName: 'YourContainerName',
  environment: 'development',
  runtime: 'browser',
  zone: 'frontend',
};

// Set up Smartlog options
const smartlogOptions: ISmartlogOptions = {
  minimumLogLevel: 'info',
  logContext: logContext,
};

// Initialize Smartlog with options
const smartlogInstance = new Smartlog(smartlogOptions);

// Initialize the DevTools destination
const devtoolsDestination = new SmartlogDestinationDevtools();

// Add the DevTools destination to Smartlog
smartlogInstance.addDestination(devtoolsDestination);
```

### Logging

Now that setup is complete, you can start logging messages. `@push.rocks/smartlog` uses a structured format for logs, which `@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools` will beautifully display in the console.

```typescript
// Log an information message
smartlogInstance.info('This is an informational message', { optional: 'additional data' });

// Log a warning
smartlogInstance.warn('This is a warning message', { check: 'some warning data' });

// Log an error
smartlogInstance.error('This is an error message', new Error('Something went wrong'));
```

### Customization

`SmartlogDestinationDevtools` class is designed to automatically handle log messages sent through `@push.rocks/smartlog` and print them to the browser's console in a visually structured and highlighted manner. Currently, it translates different log levels (`info`, `warn`, `error`, `note`, `success`) to different styles in the DevTools console.

Since the core feature of `smartlog-destination-devtools` is to enhance the visual feedback of logs in the development environment, further customization can be achieved by altering the source code of the `handleLog` method within the class to fit your styling needs or by extending the class with your own implementation.

### Advanced Usage

For more advanced scenarios like filtering logs or integrating with other logging systems, refer to the `@push.rocks/smartlog` documentation, as `smartlog-destination-devtools` acts as a destination for the logs managed by `@push.rocks/smartlog`.

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By integrating `@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-devtools`, you're equipped to make your browser-based debugging and logging more effective and visually appealing, leveraging the structured logging capabilities of `@push.rocks/smartlog`.

## License and Legal Information

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### Trademarks

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### Company Information

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Registered at District court Bremen HRB 35230 HB, Germany

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