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logging.rst
:mod:`logging` --- Logging facility for Python
==============================================
.. module:: logging
:synopsis: Flexible error logging system for applications.
.. moduleauthor:: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@red-dove.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@red-dove.com>
.. % These apply to all modules, and may be given more than once:
.. index:: pair: Errors; logging
.. versionadded:: 2.3
This module defines functions and classes which implement a flexible error
logging system for applications.
Logging is performed by calling methods on instances of the :class:`Logger`
class (hereafter called :dfn:`loggers`). Each instance has a name, and they are
conceptually arranged in a name space hierarchy using dots (periods) as
separators. For example, a logger named "scan" is the parent of loggers
"scan.text", "scan.html" and "scan.pdf". Logger names can be anything you want,
and indicate the area of an application in which a logged message originates.
Logged messages also have levels of importance associated with them. The default
levels provided are :const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`ERROR` and :const:`CRITICAL`. As a convenience, you indicate the
importance of a logged message by calling an appropriate method of
:class:`Logger`. The methods are :meth:`debug`, :meth:`info`, :meth:`warning`,
:meth:`error` and :meth:`critical`, which mirror the default levels. You are not
constrained to use these levels: you can specify your own and use a more general
:class:`Logger` method, :meth:`log`, which takes an explicit level argument.
The numeric values of logging levels are given in the following table. These are
primarily of interest if you want to define your own levels, and need them to
have specific values relative to the predefined levels. If you define a level
with the same numeric value, it overwrites the predefined value; the predefined
name is lost.
+--------------+---------------+
| Level | Numeric value |
+==============+===============+
| ``CRITICAL`` | 50 |
+--------------+---------------+
| ``ERROR`` | 40 |
+--------------+---------------+
| ``WARNING`` | 30 |
+--------------+---------------+
| ``INFO`` | 20 |
+--------------+---------------+
| ``DEBUG`` | 10 |
+--------------+---------------+
| ``NOTSET`` | 0 |
+--------------+---------------+
Levels can also be associated with loggers, being set either by the developer or
through loading a saved logging configuration. When a logging method is called
on a logger, the logger compares its own level with the level associated with
the method call. If the logger's level is higher than the method call's, no
logging message is actually generated. This is the basic mechanism controlling
the verbosity of logging output.
Logging messages are encoded as instances of the :class:`LogRecord` class. When
a logger decides to actually log an event, a :class:`LogRecord` instance is
created from the logging message.
Logging messages are subjected to a dispatch mechanism through the use of
:dfn:`handlers`, which are instances of subclasses of the :class:`Handler`
class. Handlers are responsible for ensuring that a logged message (in the form
of a :class:`LogRecord`) ends up in a particular location (or set of locations)
which is useful for the target audience for that message (such as end users,
support desk staff, system administrators, developers). Handlers are passed
:class:`LogRecord` instances intended for particular destinations. Each logger
can have zero, one or more handlers associated with it (via the
:meth:`addHandler` method of :class:`Logger`). In addition to any handlers
directly associated with a logger, *all handlers associated with all ancestors
of the logger* are called to dispatch the message.
Just as for loggers, handlers can have levels associated with them. A handler's
level acts as a filter in the same way as a logger's level does. If a handler
decides to actually dispatch an event, the :meth:`emit` method is used to send
the message to its destination. Most user-defined subclasses of :class:`Handler`
will need to override this :meth:`emit`.
In addition to the base :class:`Handler` class, many useful subclasses are
provided:
#. :class:`StreamHandler` instances send error messages to streams (file-like
objects).
#. :class:`FileHandler` instances send error messages to disk files.
#. :class:`BaseRotatingHandler` is the base class for handlers that rotate log
files at a certain point. It is not meant to be instantiated directly. Instead,
use :class:`RotatingFileHandler` or :class:`TimedRotatingFileHandler`.
#. :class:`RotatingFileHandler` instances send error messages to disk files,
with support for maximum log file sizes and log file rotation.
#. :class:`TimedRotatingFileHandler` instances send error messages to disk files
rotating the log file at certain timed intervals.
#. :class:`SocketHandler` instances send error messages to TCP/IP sockets.
#. :class:`DatagramHandler` instances send error messages to UDP sockets.
#. :class:`SMTPHandler` instances send error messages to a designated email
address.
#. :class:`SysLogHandler` instances send error messages to a Unix syslog daemon,
possibly on a remote machine.
#. :class:`NTEventLogHandler` instances send error messages to a Windows
NT/2000/XP event log.
#. :class:`MemoryHandler` instances send error messages to a buffer in memory,
which is flushed whenever specific criteria are met.
#. :class:`HTTPHandler` instances send error messages to an HTTP server using
either ``GET`` or ``POST`` semantics.
The :class:`StreamHandler` and :class:`FileHandler` classes are defined in the
core logging package. The other handlers are defined in a sub- module,
:mod:`logging.handlers`. (There is also another sub-module,
:mod:`logging.config`, for configuration functionality.)
Logged messages are formatted for presentation through instances of the
:class:`Formatter` class. They are initialized with a format string suitable for
use with the % operator and a dictionary.
For formatting multiple messages in a batch, instances of
:class:`BufferingFormatter` can be used. In addition to the format string (which
is applied to each message in the batch), there is provision for header and
trailer format strings.
When filtering based on logger level and/or handler level is not enough,
instances of :class:`Filter` can be added to both :class:`Logger` and
:class:`Handler` instances (through their :meth:`addFilter` method). Before
deciding to process a message further, both loggers and handlers consult all
their filters for permission. If any filter returns a false value, the message
is not processed further.
The basic :class:`Filter` functionality allows filtering by specific logger
name. If this feature is used, messages sent to the named logger and its
children are allowed through the filter, and all others dropped.
In addition to the classes described above, there are a number of module- level
functions.
.. function:: getLogger([name])
Return a logger with the specified name or, if no name is specified, return a
logger which is the root logger of the hierarchy. If specified, the name is
typically a dot-separated hierarchical name like *"a"*, *"a.b"* or *"a.b.c.d"*.
Choice of these names is entirely up to the developer who is using logging.
All calls to this function with a given name return the same logger instance.
This means that logger instances never need to be passed between different parts
of an application.
.. function:: getLoggerClass()
Return either the standard :class:`Logger` class, or the last class passed to
:func:`setLoggerClass`. This function may be called from within a new class
definition, to ensure that installing a customised :class:`Logger` class will
not undo customisations already applied by other code. For example::
class MyLogger(logging.getLoggerClass()):
# ... override behaviour here
.. function:: debug(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`DEBUG` on the root logger. The *msg* is the
message format string, and the *args* are the arguments which are merged into
*msg* using the string formatting operator. (Note that this means that you can
use keywords in the format string, together with a single dictionary argument.)
There are two keyword arguments in *kwargs* which are inspected: *exc_info*
which, if it does not evaluate as false, causes exception information to be
added to the logging message. If an exception tuple (in the format returned by
:func:`sys.exc_info`) is provided, it is used; otherwise, :func:`sys.exc_info`
is called to get the exception information.
The other optional keyword argument is *extra* which can be used to pass a
dictionary which is used to populate the __dict__ of the LogRecord created for
the logging event with user-defined attributes. These custom attributes can then
be used as you like. For example, they could be incorporated into logged
messages. For example::
FORMAT = "%(asctime)-15s %(clientip)s %(user)-8s %(message)s"
logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT)
d = {'clientip': '192.168.0.1', 'user': 'fbloggs'}
logging.warning("Protocol problem: %s", "connection reset", extra=d)
would print something like ::
2006-02-08 22:20:02,165 192.168.0.1 fbloggs Protocol problem: connection reset
The keys in the dictionary passed in *extra* should not clash with the keys used
by the logging system. (See the :class:`Formatter` documentation for more
information on which keys are used by the logging system.)
If you choose to use these attributes in logged messages, you need to exercise
some care. In the above example, for instance, the :class:`Formatter` has been
set up with a format string which expects 'clientip' and 'user' in the attribute
dictionary of the LogRecord. If these are missing, the message will not be
logged because a string formatting exception will occur. So in this case, you
always need to pass the *extra* dictionary with these keys.
While this might be annoying, this feature is intended for use in specialized
circumstances, such as multi-threaded servers where the same code executes in
many contexts, and interesting conditions which arise are dependent on this
context (such as remote client IP address and authenticated user name, in the
above example). In such circumstances, it is likely that specialized
:class:`Formatter`\ s would be used with particular :class:`Handler`\ s.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
*extra* was added.
.. function:: info(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`INFO` on the root logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: warning(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`WARNING` on the root logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: error(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on the root logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: critical(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`CRITICAL` on the root logger. The arguments
are interpreted as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: exception(msg[, *args])
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on the root logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :func:`debug`. Exception info is added to the logging
message. This function should only be called from an exception handler.
.. function:: log(level, msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level *level* on the root logger. The other arguments are
interpreted as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: disable(lvl)
Provides an overriding level *lvl* for all loggers which takes precedence over
the logger's own level. When the need arises to temporarily throttle logging
output down across the whole application, this function can be useful.
.. function:: addLevelName(lvl, levelName)
Associates level *lvl* with text *levelName* in an internal dictionary, which is
used to map numeric levels to a textual representation, for example when a
:class:`Formatter` formats a message. This function can also be used to define
your own levels. The only constraints are that all levels used must be
registered using this function, levels should be positive integers and they
should increase in increasing order of severity.
.. function:: getLevelName(lvl)
Returns the textual representation of logging level *lvl*. If the level is one
of the predefined levels :const:`CRITICAL`, :const:`ERROR`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`INFO` or :const:`DEBUG` then you get the corresponding string. If you
have associated levels with names using :func:`addLevelName` then the name you
have associated with *lvl* is returned. If a numeric value corresponding to one
of the defined levels is passed in, the corresponding string representation is
returned. Otherwise, the string "Level %s" % lvl is returned.
.. function:: makeLogRecord(attrdict)
Creates and returns a new :class:`LogRecord` instance whose attributes are
defined by *attrdict*. This function is useful for taking a pickled
:class:`LogRecord` attribute dictionary, sent over a socket, and reconstituting
it as a :class:`LogRecord` instance at the receiving end.
.. function:: basicConfig([**kwargs])
Does basic configuration for the logging system by creating a
:class:`StreamHandler` with a default :class:`Formatter` and adding it to the
root logger. The functions :func:`debug`, :func:`info`, :func:`warning`,
:func:`error` and :func:`critical` will call :func:`basicConfig` automatically
if no handlers are defined for the root logger.
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
Formerly, :func:`basicConfig` did not take any keyword arguments.
The following keyword arguments are supported.
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Format | Description |
+==============+=============================================+
| ``filename`` | Specifies that a FileHandler be created, |
| | using the specified filename, rather than a |
| | StreamHandler. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``filemode`` | Specifies the mode to open the file, if |
| | filename is specified (if filemode is |
| | unspecified, it defaults to 'a'). |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``format`` | Use the specified format string for the |
| | handler. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``datefmt`` | Use the specified date/time format. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``level`` | Set the root logger level to the specified |
| | level. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``stream`` | Use the specified stream to initialize the |
| | StreamHandler. Note that this argument is |
| | incompatible with 'filename' - if both are |
| | present, 'stream' is ignored. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
.. function:: shutdown()
Informs the logging system to perform an orderly shutdown by flushing and
closing all handlers.
.. function:: setLoggerClass(klass)
Tells the logging system to use the class *klass* when instantiating a logger.
The class should define :meth:`__init__` such that only a name argument is
required, and the :meth:`__init__` should call :meth:`Logger.__init__`. This
function is typically called before any loggers are instantiated by applications
which need to use custom logger behavior.
.. seealso::
:pep:`282` - A Logging System
The proposal which described this feature for inclusion in the Python standard
library.
`Original Python :mod:`logging` package <http://www.red-dove.com/python_logging.html>`_
This is the original source for the :mod:`logging` package. The version of the
package available from this site is suitable for use with Python 1.5.2, 2.1.x
and 2.2.x, which do not include the :mod:`logging` package in the standard
library.
Logger Objects
--------------
Loggers have the following attributes and methods. Note that Loggers are never
instantiated directly, but always through the module-level function
``logging.getLogger(name)``.
.. attribute:: Logger.propagate
If this evaluates to false, logging messages are not passed by this logger or by
child loggers to higher level (ancestor) loggers. The constructor sets this
attribute to 1.
.. method:: Logger.setLevel(lvl)
Sets the threshold for this logger to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
severe than *lvl* will be ignored. When a logger is created, the level is set to
:const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be processed when the logger is
the root logger, or delegation to the parent when the logger is a non-root
logger). Note that the root logger is created with level :const:`WARNING`.
The term "delegation to the parent" means that if a logger has a level of
NOTSET, its chain of ancestor loggers is traversed until either an ancestor with
a level other than NOTSET is found, or the root is reached.
If an ancestor is found with a level other than NOTSET, then that ancestor's
level is treated as the effective level of the logger where the ancestor search
began, and is used to determine how a logging event is handled.
If the root is reached, and it has a level of NOTSET, then all messages will be
processed. Otherwise, the root's level will be used as the effective level.
.. method:: Logger.isEnabledFor(lvl)
Indicates if a message of severity *lvl* would be processed by this logger.
This method checks first the module-level level set by
``logging.disable(lvl)`` and then the logger's effective level as determined
by :meth:`getEffectiveLevel`.
.. method:: Logger.getEffectiveLevel()
Indicates the effective level for this logger. If a value other than
:const:`NOTSET` has been set using :meth:`setLevel`, it is returned. Otherwise,
the hierarchy is traversed towards the root until a value other than
:const:`NOTSET` is found, and that value is returned.
.. method:: Logger.debug(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`DEBUG` on this logger. The *msg* is the
message format string, and the *args* are the arguments which are merged into
*msg* using the string formatting operator. (Note that this means that you can
use keywords in the format string, together with a single dictionary argument.)
There are two keyword arguments in *kwargs* which are inspected: *exc_info*
which, if it does not evaluate as false, causes exception information to be
added to the logging message. If an exception tuple (in the format returned by
:func:`sys.exc_info`) is provided, it is used; otherwise, :func:`sys.exc_info`
is called to get the exception information.
The other optional keyword argument is *extra* which can be used to pass a
dictionary which is used to populate the __dict__ of the LogRecord created for
the logging event with user-defined attributes. These custom attributes can then
be used as you like. For example, they could be incorporated into logged
messages. For example::
FORMAT = "%(asctime)-15s %(clientip)s %(user)-8s %(message)s"
logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT)
dict = { 'clientip' : '192.168.0.1', 'user' : 'fbloggs' }
logger = logging.getLogger("tcpserver")
logger.warning("Protocol problem: %s", "connection reset", extra=d)
would print something like ::
2006-02-08 22:20:02,165 192.168.0.1 fbloggs Protocol problem: connection reset
The keys in the dictionary passed in *extra* should not clash with the keys used
by the logging system. (See the :class:`Formatter` documentation for more
information on which keys are used by the logging system.)
If you choose to use these attributes in logged messages, you need to exercise
some care. In the above example, for instance, the :class:`Formatter` has been
set up with a format string which expects 'clientip' and 'user' in the attribute
dictionary of the LogRecord. If these are missing, the message will not be
logged because a string formatting exception will occur. So in this case, you
always need to pass the *extra* dictionary with these keys.
While this might be annoying, this feature is intended for use in specialized
circumstances, such as multi-threaded servers where the same code executes in
many contexts, and interesting conditions which arise are dependent on this
context (such as remote client IP address and authenticated user name, in the
above example). In such circumstances, it is likely that specialized
:class:`Formatter`\ s would be used with particular :class:`Handler`\ s.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
*extra* was added.
.. method:: Logger.info(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`INFO` on this logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.warning(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`WARNING` on this logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.error(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on this logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.critical(msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with level :const:`CRITICAL` on this logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.log(lvl, msg[, *args[, **kwargs]])
Logs a message with integer level *lvl* on this logger. The other arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.exception(msg[, *args])
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on this logger. The arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`. Exception info is added to the logging
message. This method should only be called from an exception handler.
.. method:: Logger.addFilter(filt)
Adds the specified filter *filt* to this logger.
.. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filt)
Removes the specified filter *filt* from this logger.
.. method:: Logger.filter(record)
Applies this logger's filters to the record and returns a true value if the
record is to be processed.
.. method:: Logger.addHandler(hdlr)
Adds the specified handler *hdlr* to this logger.
.. method:: Logger.removeHandler(hdlr)
Removes the specified handler *hdlr* from this logger.
.. method:: Logger.findCaller()
Finds the caller's source filename and line number. Returns the filename, line
number and function name as a 3-element tuple.
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
The function name was added. In earlier versions, the filename and line number
were returned as a 2-element tuple..
.. method:: Logger.handle(record)
Handles a record by passing it to all handlers associated with this logger and
its ancestors (until a false value of *propagate* is found). This method is used
for unpickled records received from a socket, as well as those created locally.
Logger-level filtering is applied using :meth:`filter`.
.. method:: Logger.makeRecord(name, lvl, fn, lno, msg, args, exc_info [, func, extra])
This is a factory method which can be overridden in subclasses to create
specialized :class:`LogRecord` instances.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
*func* and *extra* were added.
.. _minimal-example:
Basic example
-------------
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
formerly :func:`basicConfig` did not take any keyword arguments.
The :mod:`logging` package provides a lot of flexibility, and its configuration
can appear daunting. This section demonstrates that simple use of the logging
package is possible.
The simplest example shows logging to the console::
import logging
logging.debug('A debug message')
logging.info('Some information')
logging.warning('A shot across the bows')
If you run the above script, you'll see this::
WARNING:root:A shot across the bows
Because no particular logger was specified, the system used the root logger. The
debug and info messages didn't appear because by default, the root logger is
configured to only handle messages with a severity of WARNING or above. The
message format is also a configuration default, as is the output destination of
the messages - ``sys.stderr``. The severity level, the message format and
destination can be easily changed, as shown in the example below::
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s',
filename='/tmp/myapp.log',
filemode='w')
logging.debug('A debug message')
logging.info('Some information')
logging.warning('A shot across the bows')
The :meth:`basicConfig` method is used to change the configuration defaults,
which results in output (written to ``/tmp/myapp.log``) which should look
something like the following::
2004-07-02 13:00:08,743 DEBUG A debug message
2004-07-02 13:00:08,743 INFO Some information
2004-07-02 13:00:08,743 WARNING A shot across the bows
This time, all messages with a severity of DEBUG or above were handled, and the
format of the messages was also changed, and output went to the specified file
rather than the console.
.. XXX logging should probably be updated!
Formatting uses the old Python string formatting - see section
:ref:`old-string-formatting`. The format string takes the following common
specifiers. For a complete list of specifiers, consult the :class:`Formatter`
documentation.
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Format | Description |
+===================+===============================================+
| ``%(name)s`` | Name of the logger (logging channel). |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(levelname)s`` | Text logging level for the message |
| | (``'DEBUG'``, ``'INFO'``, ``'WARNING'``, |
| | ``'ERROR'``, ``'CRITICAL'``). |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(asctime)s`` | Human-readable time when the |
| | :class:`LogRecord` was created. By default |
| | this is of the form "2003-07-08 16:49:45,896" |
| | (the numbers after the comma are millisecond |
| | portion of the time). |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(message)s`` | The logged message. |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
To change the date/time format, you can pass an additional keyword parameter,
*datefmt*, as in the following::
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
datefmt='%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S',
filename='/temp/myapp.log',
filemode='w')
logging.debug('A debug message')
logging.info('Some information')
logging.warning('A shot across the bows')
which would result in output like ::
Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:06:18 DEBUG A debug message
Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:06:18 INFO Some information
Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:06:18 WARNING A shot across the bows
The date format string follows the requirements of :func:`strftime` - see the
documentation for the :mod:`time` module.
If, instead of sending logging output to the console or a file, you'd rather use
a file-like object which you have created separately, you can pass it to
:func:`basicConfig` using the *stream* keyword argument. Note that if both
*stream* and *filename* keyword arguments are passed, the *stream* argument is
ignored.
Of course, you can put variable information in your output. To do this, simply
have the message be a format string and pass in additional arguments containing
the variable information, as in the following example::
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
datefmt='%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S',
filename='/temp/myapp.log',
filemode='w')
logging.error('Pack my box with %d dozen %s', 5, 'liquor jugs')
which would result in ::
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:35:16 ERROR Pack my box with 5 dozen liquor jugs
.. _multiple-destinations:
Logging to multiple destinations
--------------------------------
Let's say you want to log to console and file with different message formats and
in differing circumstances. Say you want to log messages with levels of DEBUG
and higher to file, and those messages at level INFO and higher to the console.
Let's also assume that the file should contain timestamps, but the console
messages should not. Here's how you can achieve this::
import logging
# set up logging to file - see previous section for more details
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format='%(asctime)s %(name)-12s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M',
filename='/temp/myapp.log',
filemode='w')
# define a Handler which writes INFO messages or higher to the sys.stderr
console = logging.StreamHandler()
console.setLevel(logging.INFO)
# set a format which is simpler for console use
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(name)-12s: %(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
# tell the handler to use this format
console.setFormatter(formatter)
# add the handler to the root logger
logging.getLogger('').addHandler(console)
# Now, we can log to the root logger, or any other logger. First the root...
logging.info('Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.')
# Now, define a couple of other loggers which might represent areas in your
# application:
logger1 = logging.getLogger('myapp.area1')
logger2 = logging.getLogger('myapp.area2')
logger1.debug('Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.')
logger1.info('How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.')
logger2.warning('Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.')
logger2.error('The five boxing wizards jump quickly.')
When you run this, on the console you will see ::
root : INFO Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
myapp.area1 : INFO How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
myapp.area2 : WARNING Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.
myapp.area2 : ERROR The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
and in the file you will see something like ::
10-22 22:19 root INFO Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
10-22 22:19 myapp.area1 DEBUG Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
10-22 22:19 myapp.area1 INFO How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
10-22 22:19 myapp.area2 WARNING Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.
10-22 22:19 myapp.area2 ERROR The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
As you can see, the DEBUG message only shows up in the file. The other messages
are sent to both destinations.
This example uses console and file handlers, but you can use any number and
combination of handlers you choose.
.. _network-logging:
Sending and receiving logging events across a network
-----------------------------------------------------
Let's say you want to send logging events across a network, and handle them at
the receiving end. A simple way of doing this is attaching a
:class:`SocketHandler` instance to the root logger at the sending end::
import logging, logging.handlers
rootLogger = logging.getLogger('')
rootLogger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
socketHandler = logging.handlers.SocketHandler('localhost',
logging.handlers.DEFAULT_TCP_LOGGING_PORT)
# don't bother with a formatter, since a socket handler sends the event as
# an unformatted pickle
rootLogger.addHandler(socketHandler)
# Now, we can log to the root logger, or any other logger. First the root...
logging.info('Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.')
# Now, define a couple of other loggers which might represent areas in your
# application:
logger1 = logging.getLogger('myapp.area1')
logger2 = logging.getLogger('myapp.area2')
logger1.debug('Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.')
logger1.info('How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.')
logger2.warning('Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.')
logger2.error('The five boxing wizards jump quickly.')
At the receiving end, you can set up a receiver using the :mod:`SocketServer`
module. Here is a basic working example::
import cPickle
import logging
import logging.handlers
import SocketServer
import struct
class LogRecordStreamHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
"""Handler for a streaming logging request.
This basically logs the record using whatever logging policy is
configured locally.
"""
def handle(self):
"""
Handle multiple requests - each expected to be a 4-byte length,
followed by the LogRecord in pickle format. Logs the record
according to whatever policy is configured locally.
"""
while 1:
chunk = self.connection.recv(4)
if len(chunk) < 4:
break
slen = struct.unpack(">L", chunk)[0]
chunk = self.connection.recv(slen)
while len(chunk) < slen:
chunk = chunk + self.connection.recv(slen - len(chunk))
obj = self.unPickle(chunk)
record = logging.makeLogRecord(obj)
self.handleLogRecord(record)
def unPickle(self, data):
return cPickle.loads(data)
def handleLogRecord(self, record):
# if a name is specified, we use the named logger rather than the one
# implied by the record.
if self.server.logname is not None:
name = self.server.logname
else:
name = record.name
logger = logging.getLogger(name)
# N.B. EVERY record gets logged. This is because Logger.handle
# is normally called AFTER logger-level filtering. If you want
# to do filtering, do it at the client end to save wasting
# cycles and network bandwidth!
logger.handle(record)
class LogRecordSocketReceiver(SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer):
"""simple TCP socket-based logging receiver suitable for testing.
"""
allow_reuse_address = 1
def __init__(self, host='localhost',
port=logging.handlers.DEFAULT_TCP_LOGGING_PORT,
handler=LogRecordStreamHandler):
SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer.__init__(self, (host, port), handler)
self.abort = 0
self.timeout = 1
self.logname = None
def serve_until_stopped(self):
import select
abort = 0
while not abort:
rd, wr, ex = select.select([self.socket.fileno()],
[], [],
self.timeout)
if rd:
self.handle_request()
abort = self.abort
def main():
logging.basicConfig(
format="%(relativeCreated)5d %(name)-15s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s")
tcpserver = LogRecordSocketReceiver()
print "About to start TCP server..."
tcpserver.serve_until_stopped()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
First run the server, and then the client. On the client side, nothing is
printed on the console; on the server side, you should see something like::
About to start TCP server...
59 root INFO Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
59 myapp.area1 DEBUG Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
69 myapp.area1 INFO How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
69 myapp.area2 WARNING Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.
69 myapp.area2 ERROR The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
Handler Objects
---------------
Handlers have the following attributes and methods. Note that :class:`Handler`
is never instantiated directly; this class acts as a base for more useful
subclasses. However, the :meth:`__init__` method in subclasses needs to call
:meth:`Handler.__init__`.
.. method:: Handler.__init__(level=NOTSET)
Initializes the :class:`Handler` instance by setting its level, setting the list
of filters to the empty list and creating a lock (using :meth:`createLock`) for
serializing access to an I/O mechanism.
.. method:: Handler.createLock()
Initializes a thread lock which can be used to serialize access to underlying
I/O functionality which may not be threadsafe.
.. method:: Handler.acquire()
Acquires the thread lock created with :meth:`createLock`.
.. method:: Handler.release()
Releases the thread lock acquired with :meth:`acquire`.
.. method:: Handler.setLevel(lvl)
Sets the threshold for this handler to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
severe than *lvl* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the level is set
to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be processed).
.. method:: Handler.setFormatter(form)
Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *form*.
.. method:: Handler.addFilter(filt)
Adds the specified filter *filt* to this handler.
.. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filt)
Removes the specified filter *filt* from this handler.
.. method:: Handler.filter(record)
Applies this handler's filters to the record and returns a true value if the
record is to be processed.
.. method:: Handler.flush()
Ensure all logging output has been flushed. This version does nothing and is
intended to be implemented by subclasses.
.. method:: Handler.close()
Tidy up any resources used by the handler. This version does nothing and is
intended to be implemented by subclasses.
.. method:: Handler.handle(record)
Conditionally emits the specified logging record, depending on filters which may
have been added to the handler. Wraps the actual emission of the record with
acquisition/release of the I/O thread lock.
.. method:: Handler.handleError(record)
This method should be called from handlers when an exception is encountered
during an :meth:`emit` call. By default it does nothing, which means that
exceptions get silently ignored. This is what is mostly wanted for a logging
system - most users will not care about errors in the logging system, they are
more interested in application errors. You could, however, replace this with a
custom handler if you wish. The specified record is the one which was being
processed when the exception occurred.
.. method:: Handler.format(record)
Do formatting for a record - if a formatter is set, use it. Otherwise, use the
default formatter for the module.
.. method:: Handler.emit(record)
Do whatever it takes to actually log the specified logging record. This version
is intended to be implemented by subclasses and so raises a
:exc:`NotImplementedError`.
StreamHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`StreamHandler` class, located in the core :mod:`logging` package,
sends logging output to streams such as *sys.stdout*, *sys.stderr* or any
file-like object (or, more precisely, any object which supports :meth:`write`
and :meth:`flush` methods).
.. class:: StreamHandler([strm])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`StreamHandler` class. If *strm* is
specified, the instance will use it for logging output; otherwise, *sys.stderr*
will be used.
.. method:: StreamHandler.emit(record)
If a formatter is specified, it is used to format the record. The record is then
written to the stream with a trailing newline. If exception information is
present, it is formatted using :func:`traceback.print_exception` and appended to
the stream.
.. method:: StreamHandler.flush()
Flushes the stream by calling its :meth:`flush` method. Note that the
:meth:`close` method is inherited from :class:`Handler` and so does nothing, so
an explicit :meth:`flush` call may be needed at times.
FileHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`FileHandler` class, located in the core :mod:`logging` package,
sends logging output to a disk file. It inherits the output functionality from
:class:`StreamHandler`.
.. class:: FileHandler(filename[, mode[, encoding]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`FileHandler` class. The specified file is
opened and used as the stream for logging. If *mode* is not specified,
:const:`'a'` is used. If *encoding* is not *None*, it is used to open the file
with that encoding. By default, the file grows indefinitely.
.. method:: FileHandler.close()
Closes the file.
.. method:: FileHandler.emit(record)
Outputs the record to the file.
WatchedFileHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.6
The :class:`WatchedFileHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers`
module, is a :class:`FileHandler` which watches the file it is logging to. If
the file changes, it is closed and reopened using the file name.
A file change can happen because of usage of programs such as *newsyslog* and
*logrotate* which perform log file rotation. This handler, intended for use
under Unix/Linux, watches the file to see if it has changed since the last emit.
(A file is deemed to have changed if its device or inode have changed.) If the
file has changed, the old file stream is closed, and the file opened to get a
new stream.
This handler is not appropriate for use under Windows, because under Windows
open log files cannot be moved or renamed - logging opens the files with
exclusive locks - and so there is no need for such a handler. Furthermore,
*ST_INO* is not supported under Windows; :func:`stat` always returns zero for
this value.
.. class:: WatchedFileHandler(filename[,mode[, encoding]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`WatchedFileHandler` class. The specified
file is opened and used as the stream for logging. If *mode* is not specified,
:const:`'a'` is used. If *encoding* is not *None*, it is used to open the file
with that encoding. By default, the file grows indefinitely.
.. method:: WatchedFileHandler.emit(record)
Outputs the record to the file, but first checks to see if the file has changed.
If it has, the existing stream is flushed and closed and the file opened again,
before outputting the record to the file.
RotatingFileHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`RotatingFileHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers`
module, supports rotation of disk log files.
.. class:: RotatingFileHandler(filename[, mode[, maxBytes[, backupCount]]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`RotatingFileHandler` class. The specified
file is opened and used as the stream for logging. If *mode* is not specified,
``'a'`` is used. By default, the file grows indefinitely.
You can use the *maxBytes* and *backupCount* values to allow the file to
:dfn:`rollover` at a predetermined size. When the size is about to be exceeded,
the file is closed and a new file is silently opened for output. Rollover occurs
whenever the current log file is nearly *maxBytes* in length; if *maxBytes* is
zero, rollover never occurs. If *backupCount* is non-zero, the system will save
old log files by appending the extensions ".1", ".2" etc., to the filename. For
example, with a *backupCount* of 5 and a base file name of :file:`app.log`, you
would get :file:`app.log`, :file:`app.log.1`, :file:`app.log.2`, up to
:file:`app.log.5`. The file being written to is always :file:`app.log`. When
this file is filled, it is closed and renamed to :file:`app.log.1`, and if files
:file:`app.log.1`, :file:`app.log.2`, etc. exist, then they are renamed to
:file:`app.log.2`, :file:`app.log.3` etc. respectively.
.. method:: RotatingFileHandler.doRollover()
Does a rollover, as described above.
.. method:: RotatingFileHandler.emit(record)
Outputs the record to the file, catering for rollover as described previously.
TimedRotatingFileHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`TimedRotatingFileHandler` class, located in the
:mod:`logging.handlers` module, supports rotation of disk log files at certain
timed intervals.
.. class:: TimedRotatingFileHandler(filename [,when [,interval [,backupCount]]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`TimedRotatingFileHandler` class. The
specified file is opened and used as the stream for logging. On rotating it also
sets the filename suffix. Rotating happens based on the product of *when* and
*interval*.
You can use the *when* to specify the type of *interval*. The list of possible
values is, note that they are not case sensitive:
+----------+-----------------------+
| Value | Type of interval |
+==========+=======================+
| S | Seconds |
+----------+-----------------------+
| M | Minutes |
+----------+-----------------------+
| H | Hours |
+----------+-----------------------+
| D | Days |
+----------+-----------------------+
| W | Week day (0=Monday) |
+----------+-----------------------+
| midnight | Roll over at midnight |
+----------+-----------------------+
If *backupCount* is non-zero, the system will save old log files by appending
extensions to the filename. The extensions are date-and-time based, using the
strftime format ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on
the rollover interval. At most *backupCount* files will be kept, and if more
would be created when rollover occurs, the oldest one is deleted.
.. method:: TimedRotatingFileHandler.doRollover()
Does a rollover, as described above.
.. method:: TimedRotatingFileHandler.emit(record)
Outputs the record to the file, catering for rollover as described above.
SocketHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`SocketHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers` module,
sends logging output to a network socket. The base class uses a TCP socket.
.. class:: SocketHandler(host, port)
Returns a new instance of the :class:`SocketHandler` class intended to
communicate with a remote machine whose address is given by *host* and *port*.
.. method:: SocketHandler.close()
Closes the socket.
.. method:: SocketHandler.emit()
Pickles the record's attribute dictionary and writes it to the socket in binary
format. If there is an error with the socket, silently drops the packet. If the
connection was previously lost, re-establishes the connection. To unpickle the
record at the receiving end into a :class:`LogRecord`, use the
:func:`makeLogRecord` function.
.. method:: SocketHandler.handleError()
Handles an error which has occurred during :meth:`emit`. The most likely cause
is a lost connection. Closes the socket so that we can retry on the next event.
.. method:: SocketHandler.makeSocket()
This is a factory method which allows subclasses to define the precise type of
socket they want. The default implementation creates a TCP socket
(:const:`socket.SOCK_STREAM`).
.. method:: SocketHandler.makePickle(record)
Pickles the record's attribute dictionary in binary format with a length prefix,
and returns it ready for transmission across the socket.
.. method:: SocketHandler.send(packet)
Send a pickled string *packet* to the socket. This function allows for partial
sends which can happen when the network is busy.
DatagramHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`DatagramHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers`
module, inherits from :class:`SocketHandler` to support sending logging messages
over UDP sockets.
.. class:: DatagramHandler(host, port)
Returns a new instance of the :class:`DatagramHandler` class intended to
communicate with a remote machine whose address is given by *host* and *port*.
.. method:: DatagramHandler.emit()
Pickles the record's attribute dictionary and writes it to the socket in binary
format. If there is an error with the socket, silently drops the packet. To
unpickle the record at the receiving end into a :class:`LogRecord`, use the
:func:`makeLogRecord` function.
.. method:: DatagramHandler.makeSocket()
The factory method of :class:`SocketHandler` is here overridden to create a UDP
socket (:const:`socket.SOCK_DGRAM`).
.. method:: DatagramHandler.send(s)
Send a pickled string to a socket.
SysLogHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`SysLogHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers` module,
supports sending logging messages to a remote or local Unix syslog.
.. class:: SysLogHandler([address[, facility]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`SysLogHandler` class intended to
communicate with a remote Unix machine whose address is given by *address* in
the form of a ``(host, port)`` tuple. If *address* is not specified,
``('localhost', 514)`` is used. The address is used to open a UDP socket. An
alternative to providing a ``(host, port)`` tuple is providing an address as a
string, for example "/dev/log". In this case, a Unix domain socket is used to
send the message to the syslog. If *facility* is not specified,
:const:`LOG_USER` is used.
.. method:: SysLogHandler.close()
Closes the socket to the remote host.
.. method:: SysLogHandler.emit(record)
The record is formatted, and then sent to the syslog server. If exception
information is present, it is *not* sent to the server.
.. method:: SysLogHandler.encodePriority(facility, priority)
Encodes the facility and priority into an integer. You can pass in strings or
integers - if strings are passed, internal mapping dictionaries are used to
convert them to integers.
NTEventLogHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`NTEventLogHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers`
module, supports sending logging messages to a local Windows NT, Windows 2000 or
Windows XP event log. Before you can use it, you need Mark Hammond's Win32
extensions for Python installed.
.. class:: NTEventLogHandler(appname[, dllname[, logtype]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`NTEventLogHandler` class. The *appname* is
used to define the application name as it appears in the event log. An
appropriate registry entry is created using this name. The *dllname* should give
the fully qualified pathname of a .dll or .exe which contains message
definitions to hold in the log (if not specified, ``'win32service.pyd'`` is used
- this is installed with the Win32 extensions and contains some basic
placeholder message definitions. Note that use of these placeholders will make
your event logs big, as the entire message source is held in the log. If you
want slimmer logs, you have to pass in the name of your own .dll or .exe which
contains the message definitions you want to use in the event log). The
*logtype* is one of ``'Application'``, ``'System'`` or ``'Security'``, and
defaults to ``'Application'``.
.. method:: NTEventLogHandler.close()
At this point, you can remove the application name from the registry as a source
of event log entries. However, if you do this, you will not be able to see the
events as you intended in the Event Log Viewer - it needs to be able to access
the registry to get the .dll name. The current version does not do this (in fact
it doesn't do anything).
.. method:: NTEventLogHandler.emit(record)
Determines the message ID, event category and event type, and then logs the
message in the NT event log.
.. method:: NTEventLogHandler.getEventCategory(record)
Returns the event category for the record. Override this if you want to specify
your own categories. This version returns 0.
.. method:: NTEventLogHandler.getEventType(record)
Returns the event type for the record. Override this if you want to specify your
own types. This version does a mapping using the handler's typemap attribute,
which is set up in :meth:`__init__` to a dictionary which contains mappings for
:const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`, :const:`ERROR` and
:const:`CRITICAL`. If you are using your own levels, you will either need to
override this method or place a suitable dictionary in the handler's *typemap*
attribute.
.. method:: NTEventLogHandler.getMessageID(record)
Returns the message ID for the record. If you are using your own messages, you
could do this by having the *msg* passed to the logger being an ID rather than a
format string. Then, in here, you could use a dictionary lookup to get the
message ID. This version returns 1, which is the base message ID in
:file:`win32service.pyd`.
SMTPHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`SMTPHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers` module,
supports sending logging messages to an email address via SMTP.
.. class:: SMTPHandler(mailhost, fromaddr, toaddrs, subject[, credentials])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`SMTPHandler` class. The instance is
initialized with the from and to addresses and subject line of the email. The
*toaddrs* should be a list of strings. To specify a non-standard SMTP port, use
the (host, port) tuple format for the *mailhost* argument. If you use a string,
the standard SMTP port is used. If your SMTP server requires authentication, you
can specify a (username, password) tuple for the *credentials* argument.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
*credentials* was added.
.. method:: SMTPHandler.emit(record)
Formats the record and sends it to the specified addressees.
.. method:: SMTPHandler.getSubject(record)
If you want to specify a subject line which is record-dependent, override this
method.
MemoryHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`MemoryHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers` module,
supports buffering of logging records in memory, periodically flushing them to a
:dfn:`target` handler. Flushing occurs whenever the buffer is full, or when an
event of a certain severity or greater is seen.
:class:`MemoryHandler` is a subclass of the more general
:class:`BufferingHandler`, which is an abstract class. This buffers logging
records in memory. Whenever each record is added to the buffer, a check is made
by calling :meth:`shouldFlush` to see if the buffer should be flushed. If it
should, then :meth:`flush` is expected to do the needful.
.. class:: BufferingHandler(capacity)
Initializes the handler with a buffer of the specified capacity.
.. method:: BufferingHandler.emit(record)
Appends the record to the buffer. If :meth:`shouldFlush` returns true, calls
:meth:`flush` to process the buffer.
.. method:: BufferingHandler.flush()
You can override this to implement custom flushing behavior. This version just
zaps the buffer to empty.
.. method:: BufferingHandler.shouldFlush(record)
Returns true if the buffer is up to capacity. This method can be overridden to
implement custom flushing strategies.
.. class:: MemoryHandler(capacity[, flushLevel [, target]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`MemoryHandler` class. The instance is
initialized with a buffer size of *capacity*. If *flushLevel* is not specified,
:const:`ERROR` is used. If no *target* is specified, the target will need to be
set using :meth:`setTarget` before this handler does anything useful.
.. method:: MemoryHandler.close()
Calls :meth:`flush`, sets the target to :const:`None` and clears the buffer.
.. method:: MemoryHandler.flush()
For a :class:`MemoryHandler`, flushing means just sending the buffered records
to the target, if there is one. Override if you want different behavior.
.. method:: MemoryHandler.setTarget(target)
Sets the target handler for this handler.
.. method:: MemoryHandler.shouldFlush(record)
Checks for buffer full or a record at the *flushLevel* or higher.
HTTPHandler
^^^^^^^^^^^
The :class:`HTTPHandler` class, located in the :mod:`logging.handlers` module,
supports sending logging messages to a Web server, using either ``GET`` or
``POST`` semantics.
.. class:: HTTPHandler(host, url[, method])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`HTTPHandler` class. The instance is
initialized with a host address, url and HTTP method. The *host* can be of the
form ``host:port``, should you need to use a specific port number. If no
*method* is specified, ``GET`` is used.
.. method:: HTTPHandler.emit(record)
Sends the record to the Web server as an URL-encoded dictionary.
Formatter Objects
-----------------
:class:`Formatter`\ s have the following attributes and methods. They are
responsible for converting a :class:`LogRecord` to (usually) a string which can
be interpreted by either a human or an external system. The base
:class:`Formatter` allows a formatting string to be specified. If none is
supplied, the default value of ``'%(message)s'`` is used.
A Formatter can be initialized with a format string which makes use of knowledge
of the :class:`LogRecord` attributes - such as the default value mentioned above
making use of the fact that the user's message and arguments are pre-formatted
into a :class:`LogRecord`'s *message* attribute. This format string contains
standard python %-style mapping keys. See section :ref:`old-string-formatting`
for more information on string formatting.
Currently, the useful mapping keys in a :class:`LogRecord` are:
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Format | Description |
+=========================+===============================================+
| ``%(name)s`` | Name of the logger (logging channel). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(levelno)s`` | Numeric logging level for the message |
| | (:const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, |
| | :const:`WARNING`, :const:`ERROR`, |
| | :const:`CRITICAL`). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(levelname)s`` | Text logging level for the message |
| | (``'DEBUG'``, ``'INFO'``, ``'WARNING'``, |
| | ``'ERROR'``, ``'CRITICAL'``). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(pathname)s`` | Full pathname of the source file where the |
| | logging call was issued (if available). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(filename)s`` | Filename portion of pathname. |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(module)s`` | Module (name portion of filename). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(funcName)s`` | Name of function containing the logging call. |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(lineno)d`` | Source line number where the logging call was |
| | issued (if available). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(created)f`` | Time when the :class:`LogRecord` was created |
| | (as returned by :func:`time.time`). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(relativeCreated)d`` | Time in milliseconds when the LogRecord was |
| | created, relative to the time the logging |
| | module was loaded. |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(asctime)s`` | Human-readable time when the |
| | :class:`LogRecord` was created. By default |
| | this is of the form "2003-07-08 16:49:45,896" |
| | (the numbers after the comma are millisecond |
| | portion of the time). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(msecs)d`` | Millisecond portion of the time when the |
| | :class:`LogRecord` was created. |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(thread)d`` | Thread ID (if available). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(threadName)s`` | Thread name (if available). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(process)d`` | Process ID (if available). |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``%(message)s`` | The logged message, computed as ``msg % |
| | args``. |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
*funcName* was added.
.. class:: Formatter([fmt[, datefmt]])
Returns a new instance of the :class:`Formatter` class. The instance is
initialized with a format string for the message as a whole, as well as a format
string for the date/time portion of a message. If no *fmt* is specified,
``'%(message)s'`` is used. If no *datefmt* is specified, the ISO8601 date format
is used.
.. method:: Formatter.format(record)
The record's attribute dictionary is used as the operand to a string formatting
operation. Returns the resulting string. Before formatting the dictionary, a
couple of preparatory steps are carried out. The *message* attribute of the
record is computed using *msg* % *args*. If the formatting string contains
``'(asctime)'``, :meth:`formatTime` is called to format the event time. If there
is exception information, it is formatted using :meth:`formatException` and
appended to the message.
.. method:: Formatter.formatTime(record[, datefmt])
This method should be called from :meth:`format` by a formatter which wants to
make use of a formatted time. This method can be overridden in formatters to
provide for any specific requirement, but the basic behavior is as follows: if
*datefmt* (a string) is specified, it is used with :func:`time.strftime` to
format the creation time of the record. Otherwise, the ISO8601 format is used.
The resulting string is returned.
.. method:: Formatter.formatException(exc_info)
Formats the specified exception information (a standard exception tuple as
returned by :func:`sys.exc_info`) as a string. This default implementation just
uses :func:`traceback.print_exception`. The resulting string is returned.
Filter Objects
--------------
:class:`Filter`\ s can be used by :class:`Handler`\ s and :class:`Logger`\ s for
more sophisticated filtering than is provided by levels. The base filter class
only allows events which are below a certain point in the logger hierarchy. For
example, a filter initialized with "A.B" will allow events logged by loggers
"A.B", "A.B.C", "A.B.C.D", "A.B.D" etc. but not "A.BB", "B.A.B" etc. If
initialized with the empty string, all events are passed.
.. class:: Filter([name])
Returns an instance of the :class:`Filter` class. If *name* is specified, it
names a logger which, together with its children, will have its events allowed
through the filter. If no name is specified, allows every event.
.. method:: Filter.filter(record)
Is the specified record to be logged? Returns zero for no, nonzero for yes. If
deemed appropriate, the record may be modified in-place by this method.
LogRecord Objects
-----------------
:class:`LogRecord` instances are created every time something is logged. They
contain all the information pertinent to the event being logged. The main
information passed in is in msg and args, which are combined using msg % args to
create the message field of the record. The record also includes information
such as when the record was created, the source line where the logging call was
made, and any exception information to be logged.
.. class:: LogRecord(name, lvl, pathname, lineno, msg, args, exc_info [, func])
Returns an instance of :class:`LogRecord` initialized with interesting
information. The *name* is the logger name; *lvl* is the numeric level;
*pathname* is the absolute pathname of the source file in which the logging
call was made; *lineno* is the line number in that file where the logging
call is found; *msg* is the user-supplied message (a format string); *args*
is the tuple which, together with *msg*, makes up the user message; and
*exc_info* is the exception tuple obtained by calling :func:`sys.exc_info`
(or :const:`None`, if no exception information is available). The *func* is
the name of the function from which the logging call was made. If not
specified, it defaults to ``None``.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
*func* was added.
.. method:: LogRecord.getMessage()
Returns the message for this :class:`LogRecord` instance after merging any
user-supplied arguments with the message.
Thread Safety
-------------
The logging module is intended to be thread-safe without any special work
needing to be done by its clients. It achieves this though using threading
locks; there is one lock to serialize access to the module's shared data, and
each handler also creates a lock to serialize access to its underlying I/O.
Configuration
-------------
.. _logging-config-api:
Configuration functions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. %
The following functions configure the logging module. They are located in the
:mod:`logging.config` module. Their use is optional --- you can configure the
logging module using these functions or by making calls to the main API (defined
in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
:mod:`logging` or :mod:`logging.handlers`.
.. function:: fileConfig(fname[, defaults])
Reads the logging configuration from a ConfigParser-format file named *fname*.
This function can be called several times from an application, allowing an end
user the ability to select from various pre-canned configurations (if the
developer provides a mechanism to present the choices and load the chosen
configuration). Defaults to be passed to ConfigParser can be specified in the
*defaults* argument.
.. function:: listen([port])
Starts up a socket server on the specified port, and listens for new
configurations. If no port is specified, the module's default
:const:`DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT` is used. Logging configurations will be
sent as a file suitable for processing by :func:`fileConfig`. Returns a
:class:`Thread` instance on which you can call :meth:`start` to start the
server, and which you can :meth:`join` when appropriate. To stop the server,
call :func:`stopListening`. To send a configuration to the socket, read in the
configuration file and send it to the socket as a string of bytes preceded by a
four-byte length packed in binary using struct.\ ``pack('>L', n)``.
.. function:: stopListening()
Stops the listening server which was created with a call to :func:`listen`. This
is typically called before calling :meth:`join` on the return value from
:func:`listen`.
.. _logging-config-fileformat:
Configuration file format
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. %
The configuration file format understood by :func:`fileConfig` is based on
ConfigParser functionality. The file must contain sections called ``[loggers]``,
``[handlers]`` and ``[formatters]`` which identify by name the entities of each
type which are defined in the file. For each such entity, there is a separate
section which identified how that entity is configured. Thus, for a logger named
``log01`` in the ``[loggers]`` section, the relevant configuration details are
held in a section ``[logger_log01]``. Similarly, a handler called ``hand01`` in
the ``[handlers]`` section will have its configuration held in a section called
``[handler_hand01]``, while a formatter called ``form01`` in the
``[formatters]`` section will have its configuration specified in a section
called ``[formatter_form01]``. The root logger configuration must be specified
in a section called ``[logger_root]``.
Examples of these sections in the file are given below. ::
[loggers]
keys=root,log02,log03,log04,log05,log06,log07
[handlers]
keys=hand01,hand02,hand03,hand04,hand05,hand06,hand07,hand08,hand09
[formatters]
keys=form01,form02,form03,form04,form05,form06,form07,form08,form09
The root logger must specify a level and a list of handlers. An example of a
root logger section is given below. ::
[logger_root]
level=NOTSET
handlers=hand01
The ``level`` entry can be one of ``DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL`` or
``NOTSET``. For the root logger only, ``NOTSET`` means that all messages will be
logged. Level values are :func:`eval`\ uated in the context of the ``logging``
package's namespace.
The ``handlers`` entry is a comma-separated list of handler names, which must
appear in the ``[handlers]`` section. These names must appear in the
``[handlers]`` section and have corresponding sections in the configuration
file.
For loggers other than the root logger, some additional information is required.
This is illustrated by the following example. ::
[logger_parser]
level=DEBUG
handlers=hand01
propagate=1
qualname=compiler.parser
The ``level`` and ``handlers`` entries are interpreted as for the root logger,
except that if a non-root logger's level is specified as ``NOTSET``, the system
consults loggers higher up the hierarchy to determine the effective level of the
logger. The ``propagate`` entry is set to 1 to indicate that messages must
propagate to handlers higher up the logger hierarchy from this logger, or 0 to
indicate that messages are **not** propagated to handlers up the hierarchy. The
``qualname`` entry is the hierarchical channel name of the logger, that is to
say the name used by the application to get the logger.
Sections which specify handler configuration are exemplified by the following.
::
[handler_hand01]
class=StreamHandler
level=NOTSET
formatter=form01
args=(sys.stdout,)
The ``class`` entry indicates the handler's class (as determined by :func:`eval`
in the ``logging`` package's namespace). The ``level`` is interpreted as for
loggers, and ``NOTSET`` is taken to mean "log everything".
The ``formatter`` entry indicates the key name of the formatter for this
handler. If blank, a default formatter (``logging._defaultFormatter``) is used.
If a name is specified, it must appear in the ``[formatters]`` section and have
a corresponding section in the configuration file.
The ``args`` entry, when :func:`eval`\ uated in the context of the ``logging``
package's namespace, is the list of arguments to the constructor for the handler
class. Refer to the constructors for the relevant handlers, or to the examples
below, to see how typical entries are constructed. ::
[handler_hand02]
class=FileHandler
level=DEBUG
formatter=form02
args=('python.log', 'w')
[handler_hand03]
class=handlers.SocketHandler
level=INFO
formatter=form03
args=('localhost', handlers.DEFAULT_TCP_LOGGING_PORT)
[handler_hand04]
class=handlers.DatagramHandler
level=WARN
formatter=form04
args=('localhost', handlers.DEFAULT_UDP_LOGGING_PORT)
[handler_hand05]
class=handlers.SysLogHandler
level=ERROR
formatter=form05
args=(('localhost', handlers.SYSLOG_UDP_PORT), handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_USER)
[handler_hand06]
class=handlers.NTEventLogHandler
level=CRITICAL
formatter=form06
args=('Python Application', '', 'Application')
[handler_hand07]
class=handlers.SMTPHandler
level=WARN
formatter=form07
args=('localhost', 'from@abc', ['user1@abc', 'user2@xyz'], 'Logger Subject')
[handler_hand08]
class=handlers.MemoryHandler
level=NOTSET
formatter=form08
target=
args=(10, ERROR)
[handler_hand09]
class=handlers.HTTPHandler
level=NOTSET
formatter=form09
args=('localhost:9022', '/log', 'GET')
Sections which specify formatter configuration are typified by the following. ::
[formatter_form01]
format=F1 %(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s
datefmt=
class=logging.Formatter
The ``format`` entry is the overall format string, and the ``datefmt`` entry is
the :func:`strftime`\ -compatible date/time format string. If empty, the package
substitutes ISO8601 format date/times, which is almost equivalent to specifying
the date format string "The ISO8601 format also specifies milliseconds, which
are appended to the result of using the above format string, with a comma
separator. An example time in ISO8601 format is ``2003-01-23 00:29:50,411``.
.. % Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S".
The ``class`` entry is optional. It indicates the name of the formatter's class
(as a dotted module and class name.) This option is useful for instantiating a
:class:`Formatter` subclass. Subclasses of :class:`Formatter` can present
exception tracebacks in an expanded or condensed format.
