From 42b96d58a05e9ebec15f14b366c8aa0116014772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajdj100 <ajairplane@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:51:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added new logging system

---
 api/.env.example                   |  3 ++
 api/src/services/logging/logger.ts | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 api/src/services/logging/logger.ts

diff --git a/api/.env.example b/api/.env.example
index 9a1e8da..515a080 100644
--- a/api/.env.example
+++ b/api/.env.example
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ APPLICATION_VERSION= # Should match release tag
 APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT= # dev / prod
 CONFIG_ID= # configures 
 
+# Logger
+LOG_DEPTH= # normal: 0, verbose: 1
+
 # Glitchtip
 GLITCHTIP_DSN=
 DISABLE_GLITCHTIP= # true/false
diff --git a/api/src/services/logging/logger.ts b/api/src/services/logging/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c59bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/services/logging/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+export type LogLevel = 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
+export type LogDepth = 'normal' | 'verbose';
+export type LogType = 'http' | 'app';
+
+export interface LogHeader {
+    timestamp: string;
+    level: LogLevel;
+    depth: LogDepth;
+    type: LogType; // 'http', 'app', 'db', etc.
+    user_id?: number;
+}
+
+export interface LogPayload {
+    message?: string;              // short human-friendly description
+    data?: Record<string, any>;    // type-specific rich data
+}
+
+// Environment defaults
+const CURRENT_DEPTH: LogDepth = (process.env.LOG_DEPTH as LogDepth) || 'normal';
+
+const DEPTH_ORDER: Record<LogDepth, number> = { normal: 0, verbose: 1 };
+
+function shouldLog(level: LogLevel, depth: LogDepth) {
+    return DEPTH_ORDER[depth] >= DEPTH_ORDER[CURRENT_DEPTH];
+}
+
+function emitLog(header: LogHeader, payload: LogPayload = {}) {
+    if (!shouldLog(header.level, header.depth)) return;
+
+    const logLine = { ...header, ...payload };
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(logLine));
+}
+
+export const logger = {
+    log(level: LogLevel, type: LogType, message: string, data?: Record<string, any>, depth: LogDepth = 'normal', context?: Partial<LogHeader>) {
+        const header: LogHeader = {
+            timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            level,
+            depth,
+            type,
+            ...context,
+        };
+
+        const payload: LogPayload = {
+            message,
+            data,
+        };
+
+        emitLog(header, payload);
+    },
+
+    info(type: string, message: string, data?: Record<string, any>, depth: LogDepth = 'normal', context?: Partial<LogHeader>) {
+        this.log('info', type, message, data, depth, context);
+    },
+
+    debug(type: string, message: string, data?: Record<string, any>, depth: LogDepth = 'normal', context?: Partial<LogHeader>) {
+        this.log('debug', type, message, data, depth, context);
+    },
+
+    warn(type: string, message: string, data?: Record<string, any>, depth: LogDepth = 'normal', context?: Partial<LogHeader>) {
+        this.log('warn', type, message, data, depth, context);
+    },
+
+    error(type: string, message: string, data?: Record<string, any>, depth: LogDepth = 'normal', context?: Partial<LogHeader>) {
+        this.log('error', type, message, data, depth, context);
+    },
+}
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