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logger.js

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+import { createLogger, format, transports } from 'winston';
+
+// configure log file paths
+const logFilePath = './logs/app.log';
+const errorLogFilePath = './logs/error.log';
+
+// create a custom format for log messages
+const logFormat = format.combine(
+    format.timestamp({ format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss' }),
+    format.printf(({ level, message, timestamp }) => `${timestamp} [${level}]: ${message}`)
+);
+
+// initialize the logger
+const logger = createLogger({
+    level: 'info', // default logging level
+    format: logFormat,
+    transports: [
+        new transports.Console(), // log to console
+        new transports.File({ filename: logFilePath }), // log to a general log file
+        new transports.File({ filename: errorLogFilePath, level: 'error' }) // log errors separately
+    ],
+    exitOnError: false, // prevent exit on handled exceptions
+});
+
+export default logger