# Logging from \`view\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/logging-from-view/8567>\
**Category:** Show and Tell\
**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/logging-from-view/8567 "2022-08-11T19:01:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhbrown](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/jhbrown/32/3553_2.png) [@jhbrown](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/jhbrown)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/logging-from-view/8567/1 "2022-08-11T19:01:07Z")

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Sometimes you (a) only figure out something’s wrong in `view`, and (b) don’t want to use `Debug.log` because it’s in production. Here’s a quick hack to demonstrate how one might log from an Elm view function using a custom element. Hopefully it will be helpful to someone, someday.

> **[GitHub - jhbrown94/experimental-elm-viewlogger](https://github.com/jhbrown94/experimental-elm-viewlogger)**
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/elm_lang/original/1X/50a05e53677a2c3b47776d7abd0f113eb50193a1.png) [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/logging-from-view/8567/2 "2022-08-21T19:01:21Z")

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