fix: logging setup and error card error display

nodemon.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "DANGEROUSLY_DISABLE_SECURE_CSRF_COOKIES": "true",
     "ORY_SDK_URL": "http://localhost:4433",
     "KRATOS_PUBLIC_URL": "http://localhost:4433",
-    "KRATOS_ADMIN_URL": "http://localhost:4434"
+    "KRATOS_ADMIN_URL": "http://localhost:4434",
+    "NODE_ENV": "development"
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@ory/client": "1.14.3",
     "@ory/elements-markup": "0.3.0-rc.1",
+    "@redtea/format-axios-error": "2.1.1",
     "accept-language-parser": "1.5.0",
     "axios": "1.7.4",
     "body-parser": "1.20.2",

src/index.ts

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ app.use(baseUrl, router)
 const port = Number(process.env.PORT) || 3000
 
 let listener = (proto: "http" | "https") => () => {
-  console.log(`Listening on ${proto}://0.0.0.0:${port}`)
+  logger.info(`Listening on ${proto}://0.0.0.0:${port}`)
 }
 
 // When using the Ory Admin API Token, we assume that this application is also
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@ if (
   String(process.env.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME || "").length === 0 ||
   String(process.env.CSRF_COOKIE_SECRET || "").length < 8
 ) {
-  console.error(
+  logger.error(
     "Cannot start the server without the required environment variables!",
   )
-  console.error(
+  logger.error(
     "COOKIE_SECRET must be set and be at least 8 alphanumerical character `export COOKIE_SECRET=...`",
   )
-  console.error(
+  logger.error(
     "CSRF_COOKIE_NAME must be set! Prefix the name to scope it to your domain `__HOST-` `export CSRF_COOKIE_NAME=...`",
   )
-  console.error(
+  logger.error(
     "CSRF_COOKIE_SECRET must be set and be at least 8 alphanumerical character `export CSRF_COOKIE_SECRET=...`",
   )
 } else {

src/pkg/logger.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,35 @@
 import expressWinston from "express-winston"
 import winston from "winston"
 
+let format: winston.Logform.Format = winston.format.json()
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
+  format = winston.format.combine(
+    winston.format.simple(),
+    winston.format.colorize({
+      all: true,
+      colors: {
+        info: "blue",
+        error: "red",
+        warn: "yellow",
+      },
+    }),
+  )
+}
+
 const config = {
-  format: winston.format.json(),
+  format: winston.format.combine(winston.format.timestamp(), format),
   transports: [new winston.transports.Console()],
 }
 export const logger = winston.createLogger(config)
-export const middleware = expressWinston.logger({ winstonInstance: logger })
+export const middleware = expressWinston.logger({
+  winstonInstance: logger,
+  ignoreRoute: (req) => req.url.startsWith("/assets"),
+  ignoredRoutes: [
+    "/theme.css",
+    "/main.css",
+    "/content-layout.css",
+    "/style.css",
+    "/ory-small.svg",
+    "/favico.png",
+  ],
+})

src/routes/500.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,61 @@
 // Copyright © 2022 Ory Corp
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import { RouteRegistrator } from "../pkg"
+import { logger, RouteRegistrator } from "../pkg"
 import { UserErrorCard } from "@ory/elements-markup"
+import { format } from "@redtea/format-axios-error"
 import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from "express"
 
+function formatRequest(req: Request) {
+  return {
+    headers: req.headers,
+    method: req.method,
+    url: req.url,
+    httpVersion: req.httpVersion,
+    body: req.body,
+    cookies: req.cookies,
+    path: req.path,
+    protocol: req.protocol,
+    query: req.query,
+    hostname: req.hostname,
+    ip: req.ip,
+    originalUrl: req.originalUrl,
+    params: req.params,
+  }
+}
+
 export const register500Route: RouteRegistrator = (app, createHelpers) => {
   app.use((err: Error, req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
-    console.error(err, err.stack)
+    let jsonError: string = ""
+    try {
+      const formattedError = format(err)
+
+      logger.error("An error occurred", {
+        error: formattedError,
+        req: formatRequest(req),
+      })
+      delete (formattedError as any).config
+      delete (formattedError as any).isAxiosError
+      jsonError = JSON.stringify(formattedError)
+    } catch (e) {
+      // This shouldn't happen, as the try block should not throw an error.
+      // But if it does, we log it and render the Error card with a generic error message.
+      // If this is removed, the server will crash if the error is not serializable.
+      logger.error("An error occurred while serializing the error", {
+        error: err,
+        req: formatRequest(req),
+      })
+    }
     res.status(500).render("error", {
       card: UserErrorCard({
         title: "Internal Server Error",
         cardImage: createHelpers?.(req, res).logoUrl,
         backUrl: req.header("Referer") || "welcome",
         error: {
-          id: "backend-error",
+          id: "interal_server_error",
           error: {
-            ...err,
+            message:
+              "An internal server error occurred. Please try again later.",
+            debug: JSON.parse(jsonError),
           },
         },
       }),