How to use global variable in node.js?

Question

For example I want to use custom logger:

logger = require('basic-logger'),
logger.setLevel('info')

var customConfig = {
showMillis: true,
showTimestamp: true
}

var log = new logger(customConfig)

How to use this logger in other modules instead of console.log ?

Answer 1

Most people advise against using global variables. If you want the same logger class in different modules you can do this

logger.js

  module.exports = new logger(customConfig);

foobar.js

  var logger = require('./logger');
  logger('barfoo');

If you do want a global variable you can do:

global.logger = new logger(customConfig);