main, add timestamps to the log.

main.js

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ const asset_types = ['png', 'svg', 'ico', 'webmanifest', 'jpg'];
 let ports = [];
 // Check parameters for numeric port numbers.
 process.argv.forEach(function (val, index, array) {
-	console.log("Parameter", index + ':', val, !isNaN(val));
+	console.log(now() + ": Parameter", index + ':', val, !isNaN(val));
 	if (!isNaN(val)) {
-		console.log("Adding Port", val)
+		console.log(now() + ": Adding Port", val)
 		ports.push(val);
 	}
 });
@@ -96,16 +96,21 @@ function getMIME(extension) {
 	return mime;
 }
 
+// Print datetime for logging.
+function now() {
+	return new Date().toISOString();
+}
+
 /* Code exists inside a main function so that we may use async/await.
 */
 async function main() {
-	console.log("...Starting Main...");
+	console.log(now() + ": ...Starting Main...");
 
 	// Getting dates in Node.js is awful, just use Linux.
 	const start_datetime = "" + await execSync('date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z"');
 	const start_datetime_trimmed = start_datetime.trim();
 
-	console.log("Set app to return HTML documents.");
+	console.log(now() + ": Set app to return HTML documents.");
 	app.use(function (req, res, next) {
 		res.contentType('text/html');
 		next();
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ async function main() {
 	/* Loop through all files in the pages subdirectory and add the allowed
 	// file types into the pages array for automatic router creation.
 	*/
-	console.log("...Starting Main...");
+	console.log(now() + ": ...Starting Pages...");
 	let ls = await fs.promises.readdir(pages_dir);
 	if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG:  Results of ls, ", ls);
 	for (let file of ls) {
@@ -124,18 +129,19 @@ async function main() {
 		if (file_types.includes(file_type)) {
 			if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG:  Hooray!", file, "is being added.");
 			pages[file_name] = pages_dir + file;
-			console.log(" * Added page", file);
+			console.log(now() + ":  * Added page", file);
 		} else {
 			if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG: ", file, "is not an approved type, skipping.");
 		}
 	}
-	console.log(" * Pages loaded: ", pages);
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Pages loaded: ", pages);
 	//return; // Stop execution FORTESTING
 
 	/* Loop through the assets folder and grab favicons, manifests, etc. and
 	// allow them to be accessed via the root of the website, such as a favicon
 	// at 'https://hyperling.com/favicon.ico'. May help with SEO!
 	*/
+	console.log(now() + ": ...Starting Assets...");
 	let ls_assets = await fs.promises.readdir(asset_dir);
 	if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG:  Results of ls_assets, ", ls_assets);
 	for (let file of ls_assets) {
@@ -145,12 +151,12 @@ async function main() {
 		if (asset_types.includes(file_type)) {
 			if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG:  Hooray!", file, "is being added.");
 			assets[file] = asset_dir + file;
-			console.log(" * Added asset", file);
+			console.log(now() + ":  * Added asset", file);
 		} else {
 			if (DEBUG) console.log("DEBUG: ", file, "is not an approved type, skipping.");
 		}
 	}
-	console.log(" * Assets loaded: ", assets);
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Assets loaded: ", assets);
 
 	/* Create both an XML and HTML sitemap based on these entries. XML is used for
 	// bots like SEO scrapers. HTML will be for human users looking for a list of
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ async function main() {
 		Sitemap: https://hyperling.com/sitemap.xml
 	`;
 
-	console.log("...Adding Routes...");
+	console.log(now() + ": ...Adding Routes...");
 	let router = express.Router();
 
 	/* AUTOMATIC METHOD BASED ON OBJECT/ARRAY OF WEB SCRIPTS
@@ -220,9 +226,9 @@ async function main() {
 	*/
 	// TBD/TODO would be great to log this as "DATE: ADDRESS hit ROUTER requesting RESOURCE"
 	for (let key in pages) {
-		console.log(" * Creating router for", key);
+		console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for", key);
 		router.get("/" + key, async function (req,res) {
-			console.log(key, "fulfilling request to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url);
+			console.log(now() + ":", key, "fulfilling request to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url);
 			let html = "" + execSync(pages[key]);
 			stringsToRemove.forEach(string => {
 				html = html.replace(string, "");
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ async function main() {
 
 		/* Append the page to the sitemap variables.
 		*/
-		console.log(" * * Adding to sitemap.xml");
+		console.log(now() + ":  * * Adding to sitemap.xml");
 		sitemap_xml = sitemap_xml + `
 				<url>
 					<loc>https://hyperling.com/`+key+`/</loc>
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ async function main() {
 					<priority>0.80</priority>
 				</url>
 		`;
-		console.log(" * * Adding to sitemap.html");
+		console.log(now() + ":  * * Adding to sitemap.html");
 		sitemap_html = sitemap_html + `
 				<li>
 					<b>`+key+`</b>
@@ -260,11 +266,11 @@ async function main() {
 		</ul></body></html>
 	`;
 
-	console.log(" * Creating routers for assets");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating routers for assets");
 	for (let key in assets) {
-		console.log(" * * Adding /" + key);
+		console.log(now() + ":  * * Adding /" + key);
 		router.get('/' + key, function (req, res) {
-			console.log("asset response to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
+			console.log(now() + ": asset response to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
 
 			// Build variables.
 			const file = "./assets/" + req.path;
@@ -286,34 +292,34 @@ async function main() {
 
 	// Provide sitemap.xml file for "SEO".
 	// TBD/TODO would be great to log this as "DATE: ADDRESS hit ROUTER requesting RESOURCE"
-	console.log(" * Creating router for sitemap.xml");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for sitemap.xml");
 	router.get('/sitemap.xml', function (req, res) {
-		console.log("sitemap.xml being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
+		console.log(now() + ": sitemap.xml being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
 		res.contentType('text/xml');
 		res.send(sitemap_xml);
 	});
 
 	// Provide human-usable sitemap links.
 	// TBD/TODO would be great to log this as "DATE: ADDRESS hit ROUTER requesting RESOURCE"
-	console.log(" * Creating router for sitemap*");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for sitemap*");
 	router.get('/sitemap*', async function (req, res) {
-		console.log("sitemap.html being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
+		console.log(now() + ": sitemap.html being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
 		html = await mini(sitemap_html);
 		res.send(mini(html));
 	});
 
 	// Provide a robots.txt for where search engines should find things.
-	console.log(" * Creating router for robots.txt");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for robots.txt");
 	router.get('/robots.txt', function (req, res) {
-		console.log("robots.txt being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
+		console.log(now() + ": robots.txt being provided to", req.socket.remoteAddress)
 		res.send(robots_txt);
 	});
 
 	// Return a resource from the files folder.
 	// TBD/TODO would be great to log this as "DATE: ADDRESS hit ROUTER requesting RESOURCE"
-	console.log(" * Creating router for files");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for files");
 	router.get('/files*', function (req, res) {
-		console.log("file response to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
+		console.log(now() + ": file response to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
 
 		// Build variables.
 		const file = "." + req.path;
@@ -333,12 +339,12 @@ async function main() {
 	});
 
 	// Originally a test, now a catch-all redirection to Home!
-	console.log(" * Creating router for redirection");
+	console.log(now() + ":  * Creating router for redirection");
 	router.get('/*', async function (req, res) {
 		// WARNING: These are huge so only look when you need to.
 		//console.log(req);
 		//console.log(res);
-		console.log("*wildcard* replying to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
+		console.log(now() + ": *wildcard* replying to", req.socket.remoteAddress, "asking for", req.url)
 		let html = "" + execSync("./pages/home.php");
 		stringsToRemove.forEach(string => {
 			html = html.replace(string, "");
@@ -349,13 +355,13 @@ async function main() {
 
 	app.use('', router);
 
-	console.log("...Adding Ports...");
+	console.log(now() + ": ...Adding Ports...");
 	ports.forEach(port => {
 		app.listen(port);
-		console.log(" * Now listening on port " + port + ".");
+		console.log(now() + ":  * Now listening on port " + port + ".");
-		console.log(" * URL: http://localhost:" + port);
+		console.log(now() + ":  * URL: http://localhost:" + port);
 	});
-	console.log("Done! Now we wait...");
+	console.log(now() + ": Done! Now we wait...");
 }
 
 //// Program Execution ////