From 41e5925bdb0caac05b3089525848cc08e81f5f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KGFCH2 <babinbid05@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 21:21:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add standardized request logging middleware with
 latency tracking

---
 server/app.js                |  3 +++
 server/middlewares/logger.js | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 server/middlewares/logger.js

diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index f9ee853..ac5baeb 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import cors from "cors";
+import logger from "./middlewares/logger.js";
 import errorHandler from "./middlewares/errorHandler.js";
 import authRoutes from "./modules/auth/routes.js";
 import userRoutes from "./modules/user/routes.js";
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import githubRoutes from "./modules/github/routes.js";
 
 const app = express();
 
+app.use(logger);
+
 const allowedOrigins = [
   process.env.CLIENT_URL,
   process.env.CLIENT_URI,
diff --git a/server/middlewares/logger.js b/server/middlewares/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a84cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middlewares/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * HTTP request logger middleware.
+ * Logs method, URL, status code, execution duration, and IP.
+ */
+export const logger = (req, res, next) => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const { method, originalUrl, ip } = req;
+
+  // Wait for the response to finish before logging
+  res.on('finish', () => {
+    const duration = Date.now() - start;
+    const { statusCode } = res;
+    
+    let statusColor = "\x1b[32m"; // green for 2xx
+    if (statusCode >= 400) statusColor = "\x1b[31m"; // red for 4xx/5xx
+    else if (statusCode >= 300) statusColor = "\x1b[33m"; // yellow for 3xx
+
+    const resetColor = "\x1b[0m";
+
+    console.log(
+      `[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${method} ${originalUrl} - ${statusColor}${statusCode}${resetColor} (${duration}ms) - IP: ${ip}`
+    );
+  });
+
+  next();
+};
+
+export default logger;