Make logs more readable

index.js

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 // Add pm2 metrics - this should NEVER track ANYTHING identifiable. This is purely for basic metrics and bot performance tracking
-const metrics = require('./pm2-metrics.js');
+const metrics = require('./utils/pm2-metrics.js');
+
+// Use a custom logging script
+const logger = require('./utils/logging.js');
 
 // Require the necessary discord.js classes
 const { Client, Collection, Events, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
@@ -31,14 +34,14 @@ for (const file of commandFiles) {
 		client.commands.set(command.data.name, command);
 	}
 	else {
-		console.log(`[WARNING] The command at ${filePath} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`);
+		logger.log(logger.logLevels.WARN, `The command at ${filePath} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`);
 	}
 }
 
 // When the client is ready, run this code (only once)
 // We use 'c' for the event parameter to keep it separate from the already defined 'client'
 client.once(Events.ClientReady, c => {
-	console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${c.user.tag}`);
+	logger.log(logger.logLevels.INFO, `${logger.colorText('Ready!', logger.textColor.Green)} Logged in as ${logger.colorText(c.user.tag, logger.textColor.Blue)}`);
 });
 
 // Client "on" Events
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ client.on(Events.InteractionCreate, async interaction => {
 	const command = interaction.client.commands.get(interaction.commandName);
 
 	if (!command) {
-		console.error(`No command matching ${interaction.commandName} was found.`);
+		logger.log(logger.logLevels.ERROR, `No command matching ${interaction.commandName} was found.`);
 		await interaction.reply({ content: `This command no longer exists! Please contact ${botOwner} to report that this is happening!`, ephemeral: true });
 
 		// Report error to PM2 dashboard
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ client.on(Events.InteractionCreate, async interaction => {
 		await command.execute(interaction);
 	}
 	catch (error) {
-		console.error(error);
+		logger.log(logger.logLevels.ERROR, error);
 		await interaction.reply({ content: 'There was an error while executing this command!', ephemeral: true });
 
 		// Report error to PM2 dashboard

utils/logging.js

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+*  Konpeki Shiho - Utility Definition File
+*  logging.js - A custom logging script to apply information to output
+*
+*  Though console.error() and console.warn() exist, they don't exactly fit what is wanted here.
+*/
+
+// Enum list of severity levels
+const logLevels = {
+	DEBUG: 0,
+	INFO: 1,
+	WARN: 2,
+	ERROR: 3,
+};
+
+// Enum list of text colors
+const textColor = {
+	White: '\x1b[97m',
+	Gray: '\x1b[37m',
+	Yellow: '\x1b[33m',
+	Red: '\x1b[91m',
+	Blue: '\x1b[96m',
+	Green: '\x1b[92m',
+	Reset: '\x1b[0m',
+};
+
+// Get the current Date and Time
+const date_time = new Date(new Date().toUTCString());
+const datetime = '[' + ('0' + (date_time.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + '/' + ('0' + date_time.getDate()).slice(-2) + '/' + date_time.getFullYear() + ' ' + ('0' + (date_time.getHours() + 1)).slice(-2) + ':' + ('0' + (date_time.getMinutes() + 1)).slice(-2) + ':' + ('0' + (date_time.getSeconds() + 1)).slice(-2) + ' UTC]';
+
+// Add color to the text passed through - If a text manip util is made, move this there
+const colorText = function(message, color) {
+	return color + message + textColor.Reset;
+};
+
+// Print log message to console based on severity level
+const log = function(logLevel, message) {
+	switch (logLevel) {
+	case 0:
+		console.log(datetime + ' ' + colorText('[DEBUG]', textColor.Gray) + ' ' + message);
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		console.log(datetime + ' ' + colorText('[INFO]', textColor.White) + ' ' + message);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		console.log(datetime + ' ' + colorText('[WARN]', textColor.Yellow) + ' ' + message);
+		break;
+	case 3:
+		console.log(datetime + ' ' + colorText('[ERROR]', textColor.Red) + ' ' + message);
+		break;
+	default:
+		console.log(datetime + ' ' + colorText('[INFO]', textColor.White) + ' ' + message);
+		break;
+	}
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+	logLevels,
+	textColor,
+	colorText,
+	log,
+};

utils/pm2-metrics.js

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+*  Konpeki Shiho - Utility Definition File
+*  pm2-metrics.js - A place to keep all pm2 metrics and error definitions
+*/
+
 const io = require('@pm2/io');
 
 const interactionErrors = io.counter({