Best Practices for Server-Side Logging from Vue 3 Frontend

[sohan-reza]

Hello everyone,

I'm building a Vue 3 application and want to implement server-side logging for tracking errors, user actions, and API responses. What is the best and most efficient way to send logs from the Vue frontend to the backend for processing?

Should I use libraries like vuejs3-logger ?

[yuvalkarif]

Hi @sohan-reza,
You may consider these options, which practically do the same thing:

1. Managed Solution: Consider using a service like Sentry. It’s a powerful managed solution that automatically captures logs, errors, and even performance data.

2. Custom API Endpoint: If you want more control, create an endpoint on your backend to receive logs. For example:

   • Create an API route (e.g., /logs) to handle POST requests containing log data.
   • Store or process logs on the server as needed.

3. Custom Logger in Vue: Use a basic logging utility like vuejs3-logger or write a custom log function. For example:

   import axios from 'axios';
   
   const logToApi = (level, message, meta = {}) => {
     axios.post('/api/logs', { level, message, meta }).catch(console.error);
   };
   
   export default {
     info: (message, meta) => logToApi('info', message, meta),
     error: (message, meta) => logToApi('error', message, meta),
     warn: (message, meta) => logToApi('warn', message, meta),
   };

4. Using the Logger: Replace console.log with your custom logger in your Vue app.

   import logger from './logger';
   
   logger.info('This is an info message');
   logger.error('This is an error message', { component: 'MyComponent' });

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If you need something more advanced, consider wrapping a library like Winston on the backend to process the logs, or integrate a tool like Sentry for a full-featured, managed solution.