CLI

To use pino-datadog from the command line, you need to install it globally:

npm install -g pino-datadog

Example

Given an application foo that logs via pino, you would use pino-datadog like so:

node foo | pino-datadog --key blablabla

You can pass the following options via cli arguments or use the environment variable associated:

Short command	Full command	Environment variable	Description
-V	--version		Output the version number
-k	--key <apikey>	DD_API_KEY	The API key that can be found in your DataDog account
-d	--ddsource <source>	DD_SOURCE	Default source for the logs
-t	--ddtags <tags>	DD_TAGS	Default list of tags for the logs
-s, --service <service>	DD_SERVICE	Default service for the logs
	--hostname <hostname>	DD_HOSTNAME	Default hostname for the logs
-e	--eu	DD_EU	Use Datadog EU site
-b	--batch <size>		The number of log messages to send as a single batch (defaults to 1)
-h	--help		Output usage information
	--no-stdout		Disable output to stdout

See the API documentation for details.