Add enableDebug config to turn on logs

nitter.example.conf

@@ -10,20 +10,21 @@ hostname = "nitter.net"
 [Cache]
 listMinutes = 240  # how long to cache list info (not the tweets, so keep it high)
 rssMinutes = 10  # how long to cache rss queries
-redisHost = "localhost" # Change to "redis" if using docker-compose
+redisHost = "localhost"  # Change to "redis" if using docker-compose
 redisPort = 6379
 redisPassword = ""
-redisConnections = 20 # connection pool size
+redisConnections = 20  # connection pool size
 redisMaxConnections = 30
 # max, new connections are opened when none are available, but if the pool size
 # goes above this, they're closed when released. don't worry about this unless
 # you receive tons of requests per second
 
 [Config]
-hmacKey = "secretkey" # random key for cryptographic signing of video urls
+hmacKey = "secretkey"  # random key for cryptographic signing of video urls
-base64Media = false # use base64 encoding for proxied media urls
+base64Media = false  # use base64 encoding for proxied media urls
 enableRSS = true  # set this to false to disable RSS feeds
-proxy = "" # proxy type http/https
+enableDebug = false  # enable request logs and debug endpoints
+proxy = ""  # http/https url, SOCKS proxies are not supported
 proxyAuth = ""
 tokenCount = 10
 # minimum amount of usable tokens. tokens are used to authorize API requests,

src/config.nim

@@ -14,22 +14,16 @@ proc getConfig*(path: string): (Config, parseCfg.Config) =
   var cfg = loadConfig(path)
 
   let conf = Config(
+    # Server
     address: cfg.get("Server", "address", "0.0.0.0"),
     port: cfg.get("Server", "port", 8080),
     useHttps: cfg.get("Server", "https", true),
     httpMaxConns: cfg.get("Server", "httpMaxConnections", 100),
-
+    staticDir: cfg.get("Server", "staticDir", "./public"),
     title: cfg.get("Server", "title", "Nitter"),
     hostname: cfg.get("Server", "hostname", "nitter.net"),
-    staticDir: cfg.get("Server", "staticDir", "./public"),
-
-    hmacKey: cfg.get("Config", "hmacKey", "secretkey"),
-    base64Media: cfg.get("Config", "base64Media", false),
-    minTokens: cfg.get("Config", "tokenCount", 10),
-    enableRss: cfg.get("Config", "enableRSS", true),
-    proxy: cfg.get("Config", "proxy", ""),
-    proxyAuth: cfg.get("Config", "proxyAuth", ""),
 
+    # Cache
     listCacheTime: cfg.get("Cache", "listMinutes", 120),
     rssCacheTime: cfg.get("Cache", "rssMinutes", 10),
 
@@ -37,7 +31,16 @@ proc getConfig*(path: string): (Config, parseCfg.Config) =
     redisPort: cfg.get("Cache", "redisPort", 6379),
     redisConns: cfg.get("Cache", "redisConnections", 20),
     redisMaxConns: cfg.get("Cache", "redisMaxConnections", 30),
-    redisPassword: cfg.get("Cache", "redisPassword", "")
+    redisPassword: cfg.get("Cache", "redisPassword", ""),
+
+    # Config
+    hmacKey: cfg.get("Config", "hmacKey", "secretkey"),
+    base64Media: cfg.get("Config", "base64Media", false),
+    minTokens: cfg.get("Config", "tokenCount", 10),
+    enableRss: cfg.get("Config", "enableRSS", true),
+    enableDebug: cfg.get("Config", "enableDebug", false),
+    proxy: cfg.get("Config", "proxy", ""),
+    proxyAuth: cfg.get("Config", "proxyAuth", "")
   )
 
   return (conf, cfg)

src/nitter.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-import asyncdispatch, strformat
+import asyncdispatch, strformat, logging
 from net import Port
 from htmlgen import a
 from os import getEnv
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ const issuesUrl = "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues"
 let configPath = getEnv("NITTER_CONF_FILE", "./nitter.conf")
 let (cfg, fullCfg) = getConfig(configPath)
 
-when defined(release):
+if not cfg.enableDebug:
-  import logging
   # Silence Jester's query warning
   addHandler(newConsoleLogger())
   setLogFilter(lvlError)

src/types.nim

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ type
     base64Media*: bool
     minTokens*: int
     enableRss*: bool
+    enableDebug*: bool
     proxy*: string
     proxyAuth*: string