gov_auth_logging_lib/readme.md

logging library for cerbos

const express = require('express');
const { DataSource } = require('typeorm');
const { EndpointLogger, LogEntry } = require('express-endpoint-logger');

// Create Express app
const app = express();

// Setup database connection
const dataSource = new DataSource({
    type: "postgres",
    host: "localhost",
    port: 5432,
    username: "your_username",
    password: "your_password",
    database: "your_database",
    entities: [LogEntry],
    synchronize: true  // Only use in development!
});

// Initialize everything
async function startApp() {
    // Connect to database
    await dataSource.initialize();
    
    // Create logger instance
    const logger = new EndpointLogger({
        dataSource,
        excludePaths: ['/health'], // Optional: paths to not log
        includeMetadata: true      // Optional: include request details
    });

    // Add logger middleware - this will log all requests
    app.use(logger.logActivity());

    // Your regular routes
    app.get('/api/users', (req, res) => {
        res.json({ users: ['John', 'Jane'] });
    });

    // Route to view logs
    app.get('/logs', async (req, res) => {
        const logs = await logger.getLogs({
            take: 10,  // limit
            skip: 0    // offset
        });
        res.json(logs);
    });

    // Start server
    app.listen(3000, () => {
        console.log('Server running on port 3000');
    });
}

startApp().catch(console.error);