feat: spam preventation

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - Browser support
 - Pause/Resume support
 - Mocking support
+- Spam preventation by throttling logs
 
 ## Installation
 

examples/spam.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node -r esm
+
+import { consola } from './utils'
+
+function spam (msg, level = 'warn', count = 10) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    consola[level](msg)
+  }
+}
+
+spam('FOOOOOOO FOOOOOOOOO')
+consola.log('bar')
+spam('FOOOOOOO FOOOOOOOOO')

src/consola.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Consola {
     this._stdout = options.stdout
     this._stderr = options.stdout
     this._mockFn = options.mockFn
+    this._throttle = options.throttle || 2000
 
     // Create logger functions for current instance
     for (const type in this._types) {
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ class Consola {
     if (this._mockFn) {
       this.mockTypes()
     }
+
+    // Keep serialized version of last message
+    this._lastMessage = null
+    this._lastMessageTime = null
   }
 
   get level () {
@@ -251,6 +256,22 @@ class Consola {
       logObj.tag = logObj.tag.toLowerCase()
     }
 
+    // Throttle
+    const diffTime = this._lastMessageTime ? logObj.date - this._lastMessageTime : 0
+    this._lastMessageTime = logObj.date
+    if (diffTime < this._throttle) {
+      try {
+        const serializedMessage = JSON.stringify([logObj.type, logObj.tag, logObj.args])
+        const isSameMessage = this._lastMessage === serializedMessage
+        this._lastMessage = serializedMessage
+        if (isSameMessage) {
+          return // SPAM!
+        }
+      } catch (_) {
+        // Circular References
+      }
+    }
+
     // Log
     if (this._async) {
       return this._logAsync(logObj)