fix(api): improve logging

api/src/routes/public/status.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 
 /**
  * Plugin for the health check endpoint.
@@ -13,7 +14,26 @@ export const statusRoute: FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox = (
   _options,
   done
 ) => {
-  fastify.get('/status/ping', async (_req, _reply) => {
+  fastify.get('/status/ping', async (req, _reply) => {
+    const url = req.url || 'URL not found';
+    const reqId = req.id || 'REQ_ID not found';
+    const headers = isEmpty(req.headers) ? 'HEADERS not found' : req.headers;
+    const ip =
+      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ||
+      req.headers['x-real-ip'] ||
+      req.ip ||
+      'IP not found';
+    const params = isEmpty(req.params) ? 'PARAMS not found' : req.params;
+
+    fastify.log
+      .child({
+        URL: url,
+        REQ_ID: reqId,
+        HEADERS: headers,
+        IP: ip,
+        PARAMS: params
+      })
+      .debug('returning a ping');
     return { msg: 'pong' };
   });
 

api/src/server.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // is not included in the build (it's a dev dependency).
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/triple-slash-reference
 /// <reference path="./reset.d.ts" />
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
+import { FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
 import { build } from './app';
 import {
   FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV,
@@ -11,25 +13,46 @@ import {
   PORT
 } from './utils/env';
 
+const requestSerializer = (request: FastifyRequest) => ({
+  method: request.method,
+  url: request.url,
+  ip: request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || request.ip,
+  hostname: request.hostname,
+  remoteAddress: Array.isArray(request.headers['x-forwarded-for'])
+    ? request.headers['x-forwarded-for'][0]
+    : request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || request.ip,
+  remotePort: request.socket.remotePort
+});
+
 const envToLogger = {
   development: {
     transport: {
       target: 'pino-pretty',
       options: {
+        singleLine: true,
         translateTime: 'HH:MM:ss Z',
         ignore: 'pid,hostname'
       }
     },
-    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info'
+    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
+    serializers: {
+      req: requestSerializer
+    }
   },
   production: {
-    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info'
-  },
-  test: undefined
+    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
+    serializers: {
+      req: requestSerializer
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 const start = async () => {
-  const fastify = await build({ logger: envToLogger[FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV] });
+  const fastify = await build({
+    logger: envToLogger[FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV] ?? true,
+    genReqId: () => randomBytes(8).toString('hex'),
+    disableRequestLogging: true
+  });
   try {
     const port = Number(PORT);
     fastify.log.info(`Starting server on port ${port}`);

api/src/utils/env.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { LogLevel } from 'fastify';
 const envPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../.env');
 const { error } = config({ path: envPath });
 
-if (error) {
+if (error && process.env.FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
   console.warn(`
   ----------------------------------------------------
   Warning: .env file not found.