# Msg payload printing the data

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-printing-the-data/15383>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [11 September 2019 06:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-printing-the-data/15383 "2019-09-11T06:06:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sanketp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sanketp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sanketp)\
**Post date:** [11 September 2019 06:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-printing-the-data/15383/1 "2019-09-11T06:06:57Z")

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I want my custom node to print the message like file is created in the debug node how can i do this

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [11 September 2019 06:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-printing-the-data/15383/2 "2019-09-11T06:37:12Z")

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Just log your message. 🙂

See this for reference:

[https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/node-js#logging-events](https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/node-js#logging-events)

Note: you will only see log messages with level warning and above in the debug sidebar