Development Mode

For local development, VedaTrace provides a built-in console transport that outputs logs directly to stdout. This allows you to verify your logs without sending them to the VedaTrace API.

Configuring Console Transport

To use development mode, set the transport configuration option to console:

$logger = VedaTrace\VedaTrace::create([
    'transport' => 'console',
    'prettyPrint' => true, // Human-readable output
]);

$logger->info('Local log message');

Pretty Printing

Pretty printing provides a formatted, easy-to-read layout for your logs on the terminal. By default, it uses simple text output. When prettyPrint is false, it outputs logs as raw JSON strings.

Environment Variables

You can also use environment variables to control development mode:

export VEDATRACE_TRANSPORT=console
export VEDATRACE_PRETTY_PRINT=true

The configuration logic automatically picks up these values if they are not explicitly set in the initialization array.