--- title: Structured logging for Next.js | daily.dev description: This post discusses implementing structured logging in Next.js to improve error tracking and user interaction insights. It introduces two solutions:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-for-next-js-e0mxhdcpm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Structured logging for Next.js | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses implementing structured logging in Next.js to improve error tracking and user interaction insights. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@eventyret** · 1 upvotes > Must say i like this approach though a bit of boilerplate but could be simplified but it's really really nice **@ozzie** · 0 upvotes > Is this a better alternative to winston ? --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#logging](https://daily.dev/tags/logging), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-for-next-js-e0mxhdcpm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Structured logging for Next.js","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-for-next-js-e0mxhdcpm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-for-next-js-e0mxhdcpm"},"datePublished":"2024-06-24T08:31:43.972Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:38:21.865Z","description":"This post discusses implementing structured logging in Next.js to improve error tracking and user interaction insights. 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