Error StackTrace is not logged in a user friendly format

[anamariadragomir]

Hello,

I would like to have the stacktrace printed on multiple lines , as it is done using console.log.
If I use json:false , the error is printed on a single line.
If I use json:false and prettyPrint :true, the error is printed as a JSON, contianing more information then I need like process, os, track, stack.

I would like to have only the stack printed in the case that I have an error.

Is there any way, as I could not find one.

I looked in the logger.js and changed :Logger.prototype._uncaughtException = function (err) {
var self = this,
responded = false,
info = exception.getAllInfo(err),
handlers = this._getExceptionHandlers(),
timeout,
doExit;

...
to info = exception.getAllInfo(err).stack , and it works, but I don't want to change the winston code in order to be able to have the stack nicely printed.

Thank you,

Ana

[robinduckett]

Why not parse the json yourself?

In my use case for winston, it is better that I get the whole json in my error logs as a single line so it can be processed properly.

For console output you can use JSON.stringify(err.stack, null, 2); to pretty print as json.

[anamariadragomir]

Your solution is ok for caught errors , but not for UncaughtExceptions.

[JustinBeaudry]

If in your custom Console logger you're specifying handleExceptions remove that line and it will print out the standard node stack trace.

[indexzero]

Duplicate of #84. It is important to us!