Logging and debugging

Celest enables you to use logging to capture helpful information about your functions while they execute. Within your function code, use print() statements or a custom logger package which prints to the conosole. These logs will appear in the same console where the celest start command is running.

Adding logs to your functions

Here is an example of using print statements to log the input of name in a Celest Function.

@cloud
Future<String> sayHello(String name) async {
  print('Saying hello to $name');
  return 'Hello, $name';
}
 
@cloud
Future<String> sayGoodbye(String name) async {
  print('Saying goodbye to $name');
  return 'Goodbye, $name';
}

When you call the function, these logs will be streamed locally and shown in the terminal where the celest start command is running.

$ celest start
✓ Celest is running on http://localhost:7777
 
[greeting/sayHello] Saying hello to Celest
[greeting/sayGoodbye] Saying goodbye to Celest

Next steps

You have now learned how to use Logging to help you understand how your Celest Functions are behaving, or debug specific scenarios or flows. Follow our guides to learn about testing your functions and using 3rd party Dart packages.