console.log() messages don't show up from Firefox Addon - firefox

Question

I'm creating my first Firefox extension using the Addon SDK, but I can't get messages I pass with console.log() to appear in my debugger.
I created a new profile in Firefox 33 and installed the latest version of Firebug. When I launch my addon using cfx run -p <My_Profile_Directory> I can see both Firebug and my addon, and the addon does what it's supposed to do. However, I don't see anywhere messages I wrote to log using the console.log() command
Here's my main.js so far:
function loginToSite(user, password) {
var Request = require("sdk/request").Request;
var doLogin = Request(
{
url: "https://website.com/login/index.php",
contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
content: "username=xxxx&password=xxxx&remember=1",
onComplete: function(response) {
console.log(response.text);
}
}
);
doLogin.post();
}
function checkLoginStatus(tab) {
//TODO Actually check if the tab is logged in, currently assume it's not
loginToSite(0,0);
}
// Listens for tabs and checks each loaded tab if it's the website
tabs.on("ready", function(tab) {
var tabUrl = tab.url.toLowerCase();
if(tabUrl.contains("website.com")) {
console.log("Not connected to website.com, running login procedure");
checkLoginStatus(tab);
}
});
Like I said, I'm actually being logged in automatically, but no log messages appear in either Firebug's or the Firefox Developer Tools' console.
What am I doing wrong here? Where are the log messages?

Answer 1

You have to change the default logging level (error) to something more verbose, like info.
The global level is controlled by the preference extensions.sdk.console.logLevel. But you can adjust the logging level of your extension only, with the preference extensions.myExtensionID.sdk.console.logLevel
When you run cfx without passing a profile directory, it takes care of setting up the temporary profile to be developer friendly.