Node.js | Console

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on Node.js. In this section of our tutorial on Node.js, we will be studying about Node.js Console.

Node.js console is a global object used to print different levels of messages to stdout and stderr. There are built-in methods to be used for printing informational, warning, and error messages.

It is used in synchronous manner when the destination is a file or a terminal and in an asynchronous manner when the destination is a pipe.

READ: Node.js | Global Objects

Node.js Console Methods

Below is the list of methods available with the console global object -

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	console.log([data][, ...]) Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a printf()-like way.
2	console.info([data][, ...]) Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a printf()-like way.
3	console.error([data][, ...]) Prints to stderr with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a printf()-like way.
4	console.warn([data][, ...]) Prints to stderr with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a printf()-like way
5	console.dir(obj[, options]) Uses util.inspect on obj and prints resulting string to stdout.
6	console.time(label) Mark a time.
7	console.timeEnd(label) Finish timer, record output.
8	console.trace(message[, ...]) Print to stderr 'Trace :', followed by the formatted message and stack trace to the current position.
9	console.assert(value[, message][, ...]) Similar to assert.ok(), but the error message is formatted as util.format(message...).

Example

Create a js file, main.js using the following code -

console.info("Program Started");

var counter = 10;
console.log("Counter: %d", counter);

console.time("Getting data");
//
// Do some processing here...
// 
console.timeEnd('Getting data');

console.info("Program Ended")

Now run the main.js to see the result -

node main.js

Output

Verify the output.

Program Started
Counter: 10
Getting data: 0ms
Program Ended

READ: Node.js | REPL Terminal

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