@kvaser/canking-api/doc_md/ipc/functions/getLogger.md

CanKing API to communicate with the CanKing service using Node.js.

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[Kvaser CanKing GUI Extensions SDK](../../modules.md) / [ipc](../README.md) / getLogger

# Function: getLogger()

> **getLogger**(`categoryName`): [`ILogger`](../interfaces/ILogger.md)

Creates a new logger that can be used for logging messages to CanKing's log window and log file.

## Parameters

### categoryName

`string`

The category name used by the returned logger, typically the extension name.

## Returns

[`ILogger`](../interfaces/ILogger.md)

A new logger.