eu.42sol: install _js/debug_logilfe.js

debug_log_file.js

_js

// Sample. To be used anywhere in code:
// code … 
// console.log(10, 'sample: open this script for instructions!', 108, ['string', 15, false]); 
// code … 
//-------------------------------------------------------------
// debug_log_file.js
// Captures console.log() to file:
const _show_allert = false

var captLog = '';
var _clearLog = false; // clear log on first run

(function(){
    var oldLog = console.log;
    console.log = function (message) {
        captLog = Array.prototype.join.call(arguments, '\n\t');
        oldLog.apply(console, arguments);
        writeLog()
    };
})();

function writeLog() {
  // function to send log to external file
  const now = new Date();
  const tm = now.toString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
  
  let msg = ' line: ' + captLog;
  let shortMsg = msg.split('\n\t').join(': ').slice(0, 20);
  
  // For interactive log, use either (or none) of these two lines:
  // app.displayInfoMessage(shortMsg)
  if(_show_allert) alert(msg)
  
  let path = '/debug_log' + new Date().toString('yyyy-MM-dd') + '.txt';
  let fm = FileManager.create(false);
  log = fm.readString(path);
  if (_clearLog) {
    log = tm + msg; // new log
    _clearLog = false;
  } else {
    log = log + '\n' + tm + ': ' + msg; // append to log
  }
  let success = fm.writeString(path, log);
}
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