Prevent node.js from printing into console?

Asked Oct 11 '17 at 19:56

Active Oct 11 '17 at 19:59

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I need to use my node application in production using the root user in a linux-based server. This server is shared with other teams and I don't want them to get console logs printed in their face.

Even though I have no console.log() in my code, I'm using express, specifically this body parser to parse JSON requests:

// Body Parser Middleware
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

And if a user sends a JSON object with syntax error, it will get printed in the console. How can I prevent this?

And if there is a way to just prevent node.js from ever printting on the console, not just in that specific case but ever, that would be even better. Or output all console log attempts into a .txt file instead of the console that would be even better.

edited Oct 11 '17 at 19:59

asked Oct 11 '17 at 19:56

M. Lautaro

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Repeat with me: You shall not run a web server as root. – Bergi Oct 11 '17 at 19:59
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What makes you think that a server running as one user, emitting to stderr, does print to the screens of other users? – Bergi Oct 11 '17 at 20:00
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Do you all share a screen session or something? – MinusFour Oct 11 '17 at 20:01
possible duplicate of [Redirect stderr and stdout](https://stackoverflow.com/q/637827/1048572) – Bergi Oct 11 '17 at 20:03
rough way is to override `console.log`: `console.log = () => {}` – RidgeA Oct 11 '17 at 20:06

Prevent node.js from printing into console?

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