Frameworks

Astro

Using evlog with Astro — wide events and structured errors in Astro server middleware.

Astro doesn't have a dedicated evlog integration. Instead, use the core evlog package with Astro's middleware to create request-scoped loggers manually.

This is a guide-level integration. It uses the generic createRequestLogger API rather than a framework-specific module.

Quick Start

1. Install

bun add evlog

2. Create a middleware

src/middleware.ts
import { defineMiddleware } from 'astro:middleware'
import { initLogger, createRequestLogger } from 'evlog'

initLogger({
  env: { service: 'my-astro-app' },
})

export const onRequest = defineMiddleware(async ({ request, locals }, next) => {
  const url = new URL(request.url)

  const log = createRequestLogger({
    method: request.method,
    path: url.pathname,
  })

  locals.log = log

  try {
    const response = await next()
    log.emit()
    return response
  } catch (error) {
    log.error(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
    log.emit()
    throw error
  }
})

3. Type your locals

src/env.d.ts
/// <reference types="astro/client" />

import type { RequestLogger } from 'evlog'

declare namespace App {
  interface Locals {
    log: RequestLogger
  }
}

Wide Events

Access the logger from Astro.locals in your pages and API routes:

src/pages/api/users/[id].ts
import type { APIRoute } from 'astro'

export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ params, locals }) => {
  locals.log.set({ user: { id: params.id } })

  const user = await db.findUser(params.id)
  locals.log.set({ user: { name: user.name, plan: user.plan } })

  return new Response(JSON.stringify(user), {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  })
}
Terminal output
14:58:15 INFO [my-astro-app] GET /api/users/usr_123
  ├─ user: id=usr_123 name=Alice plan=pro
  └─ requestId: 4a8ff3a8-...

Error Handling

Use createError for structured errors:

src/pages/api/checkout.ts
import type { APIRoute } from 'astro'
import { createError, parseError } from 'evlog'

export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request, locals }) => {
  const body = await request.json()
  locals.log.set({ cart: { items: body.items } })

  if (!body.paymentMethod) {
    const error = createError({
      status: 400,
      message: 'Missing payment method',
      why: 'No payment method was provided',
      fix: 'Include a paymentMethod field in the request body',
    })
    locals.log.error(error)
    const parsed = parseError(error)
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(parsed), { status: parsed.status })
  }

  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }))
}

Drain

Configure drain in initLogger inside your middleware:

src/middleware.ts
import { initLogger, createRequestLogger } from 'evlog'
import { createAxiomDrain } from 'evlog/axiom'
import { createDrainPipeline } from 'evlog/pipeline'
import type { DrainContext } from 'evlog'

const pipeline = createDrainPipeline<DrainContext>({
  batch: { size: 50, intervalMs: 5000 },
})
const drain = pipeline(createAxiomDrain())

initLogger({
  env: { service: 'my-astro-app' },
  drain,
})
See the Adapters docs for all available drain adapters.