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Expand Up @@ -169,3 +169,12 @@ node server.
var log = require("node_erlastic").log;
log("your log");
```
### Warning

Do not ever use `console.log` because the erlang code reads stdout and will give timeout errors:
```erlang
res = receive do {^port,{:data,b}}->:erlang.binary_to_term(b) end
```
In Javascript, the stdout call is buffered, see this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12510835/stdout-flush-for-nodejs