:mod:`!logging` --- Logging facility for Python
===============================================
.. module:: logging
:synopsis: Flexible event logging system for applications.
.. moduleauthor:: Vinay Sajip <[email protected]>
.. sectionauthor:: Vinay Sajip <[email protected]>
**Source code:** :source:`Lib/logging/__init__.py`
.. index:: pair: Errors; logging
.. sidebar:: Important
This page contains the API reference information. For tutorial
information and discussion of more advanced topics, see
* :ref:`Basic Tutorial <logging-basic-tutorial>`
* :ref:`Advanced Tutorial <logging-advanced-tutorial>`
* :ref:`Logging Cookbook <logging-cookbook>`
--------------
This module defines functions and classes which implement a flexible event
logging system for applications and libraries.
The key benefit of having the logging API provided by a standard library module
is that all Python modules can participate in logging, so your application log
can include your own messages integrated with messages from third-party
modules.
Here's a simple example of idiomatic usage: ::
# myapp.py
import logging
import mylib
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def main():
logging.basicConfig(filename='myapp.log', level=logging.INFO)
logger.info('Started')
mylib.do_something()
logger.info('Finished')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
::
# mylib.py
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def do_something():
logger.info('Doing something')
If you run *myapp.py*, you should see this in *myapp.log*:
.. code-block:: none
INFO:__main__:Started
INFO:mylib:Doing something
INFO:__main__:Finished
The key feature of this idiomatic usage is that the majority of code is simply
creating a module level logger with ``getLogger(__name__)``, and using that
logger to do any needed logging. This is concise, while allowing downstream
code fine-grained control if needed. Logged messages to the module-level logger
get forwarded to handlers of loggers in higher-level modules, all the way up to
the highest-level logger known as the root logger; this approach is known as
hierarchical logging.
For logging to be useful, it needs to be configured: setting the levels and
destinations for each logger, potentially changing how specific modules log,
often based on command-line arguments or application configuration. In most
cases, like the one above, only the root logger needs to be so configured, since
all the lower level loggers at module level eventually forward their messages to
its handlers. :func:`~logging.basicConfig` provides a quick way to configure
the root logger that handles many use cases.
The module provides a lot of functionality and flexibility. If you are
unfamiliar with logging, the best way to get to grips with it is to view the
tutorials (**see the links above and on the right**).
The basic classes defined by the module, together with their attributes and
methods, are listed in the sections below.
* Loggers expose the interface that application code directly uses.
* Handlers send the log records (created by loggers) to the appropriate
destination.
* Filters provide a finer grained facility for determining which log records
to output.
* Formatters specify the layout of log records in the final output.
.. _logger:
Logger Objects
--------------
Loggers have the following attributes and methods. Note that Loggers should
*NEVER* be instantiated directly, but always through the module-level function
``logging.getLogger(name)``. Multiple calls to :func:`getLogger` with the same
name will always return a reference to the same Logger object.
The ``name`` is potentially a period-separated hierarchical value, like
``foo.bar.baz`` (though it could also be just plain ``foo``, for example).
Loggers that are further down in the hierarchical list are children of loggers
higher up in the list. For example, given a logger with a name of ``foo``,
loggers with names of ``foo.bar``, ``foo.bar.baz``, and ``foo.bam`` are all
descendants of ``foo``. In addition, all loggers are descendants of the root
logger. The logger name hierarchy is analogous to the Python package hierarchy,
and identical to it if you organise your loggers on a per-module basis using
the recommended construction ``logging.getLogger(__name__)``. That's because
in a module, ``__name__`` is the module's name in the Python package namespace.
.. class:: Logger
.. attribute:: Logger.name
This is the logger's name, and is the value that was passed to :func:`getLogger`
to obtain the logger.
.. note:: This attribute should be treated as read-only.
.. attribute:: Logger.level
The threshold of this logger, as set by the :meth:`setLevel` method.
.. note:: Do not set this attribute directly - always use :meth:`setLevel`,
which has checks for the level passed to it.
.. attribute:: Logger.parent
The parent logger of this logger. It may change based on later instantiation
of loggers which are higher up in the namespace hierarchy.
.. note:: This value should be treated as read-only.
.. attribute:: Logger.propagate
If this attribute evaluates to true, events logged to this logger will be
passed to the handlers of higher level (ancestor) loggers, in addition to
any handlers attached to this logger. Messages are passed directly to the
ancestor loggers' handlers - neither the level nor filters of the ancestor
loggers in question are considered.
If this evaluates to false, logging messages are not passed to the handlers
of ancestor loggers.
Spelling it out with an example: If the propagate attribute of the logger named
``A.B.C`` evaluates to true, any event logged to ``A.B.C`` via a method call such as
``logging.getLogger('A.B.C').error(...)`` will [subject to passing that logger's
level and filter settings] be passed in turn to any handlers attached to loggers
named ``A.B``, ``A`` and the root logger, after first being passed to any handlers
attached to ``A.B.C``. If any logger in the chain ``A.B.C``, ``A.B``, ``A`` has its
``propagate`` attribute set to false, then that is the last logger whose handlers
are offered the event to handle, and propagation stops at that point.
The constructor sets this attribute to ``True``.
.. note:: If you attach a handler to a logger *and* one or more of its
ancestors, it may emit the same record multiple times. In general, you
should not need to attach a handler to more than one logger - if you just
attach it to the appropriate logger which is highest in the logger
hierarchy, then it will see all events logged by all descendant loggers,
provided that their propagate setting is left set to ``True``. A common
scenario is to attach handlers only to the root logger, and to let
propagation take care of the rest.
.. attribute:: Logger.handlers
The list of handlers directly attached to this logger instance.
.. note:: This attribute should be treated as read-only; it is normally changed via
the :meth:`addHandler` and :meth:`removeHandler` methods, which use locks to ensure
thread-safe operation.
.. attribute:: Logger.disabled
This attribute disables handling of any events. It is set to ``False`` in the
initializer, and only changed by logging configuration code.
.. note:: This attribute should be treated as read-only.
.. method:: Logger.setLevel(level)
Sets the threshold for this logger to *level*. Logging messages which are less
severe than *level* will be ignored; logging messages which have severity *level*
or higher will be emitted by whichever handler or handlers service this logger,
unless a handler's level has been set to a higher severity level than *level*.
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.
See :ref:`levels` for a list of levels.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The *level* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
level such as 'INFO' as an alternative to the integer constants
such as :const:`INFO`. Note, however, that levels are internally stored
as integers, and methods such as e.g. :meth:`getEffectiveLevel` and
:meth:`isEnabledFor` will return/expect to be passed integers.
.. method:: Logger.isEnabledFor(level)
Indicates if a message of severity *level* would be processed by this logger.
This method checks first the module-level level set by
``logging.disable(level)`` 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. The value returned is
an integer, typically one of :const:`logging.DEBUG`, :const:`logging.INFO`
etc.
.. method:: Logger.getChild(suffix)
Returns a logger which is a descendant to this logger, as determined by the suffix.
Thus, ``logging.getLogger('abc').getChild('def.ghi')`` would return the same
logger as would be returned by ``logging.getLogger('abc.def.ghi')``. This is a
convenience method, useful when the parent logger is named using e.g. ``__name__``
rather than a literal string.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. method:: Logger.getChildren()
Returns a set of loggers which are immediate children of this logger. So for
example ``logging.getLogger().getChildren()`` might return a set containing
loggers named ``foo`` and ``bar``, but a logger named ``foo.bar`` wouldn't be
included in the set. Likewise, ``logging.getLogger('foo').getChildren()`` might
return a set including a logger named ``foo.bar``, but it wouldn't include one
named ``foo.bar.baz``.
.. versionadded:: 3.12
.. 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.)
No % formatting operation is performed on *msg* when no *args* are supplied.
There are four keyword arguments in *kwargs* which are inspected:
*exc_info*, *stack_info*, *stacklevel* and *extra*.
If *exc_info* does not evaluate as false, it causes exception information to be
added to the logging message. If an exception tuple (in the format returned by
:func:`sys.exc_info`) or an exception instance is provided, it is used;
otherwise, :func:`sys.exc_info` is called to get the exception information.
The second optional keyword argument is *stack_info*, which defaults to
``False``. If true, stack information is added to the logging
message, including the actual logging call. Note that this is not the same
stack information as that displayed through specifying *exc_info*: The
former is stack frames from the bottom of the stack up to the logging call
in the current thread, whereas the latter is information about stack frames
which have been unwound, following an exception, while searching for
exception handlers.
You can specify *stack_info* independently of *exc_info*, e.g. to just show
how you got to a certain point in your code, even when no exceptions were
raised. The stack frames are printed following a header line which says:
.. code-block:: none
Stack (most recent call last):
This mimics the ``Traceback (most recent call last):`` which is used when
displaying exception frames.
The third optional keyword argument is *stacklevel*, which defaults to ``1``.
If greater than 1, the corresponding number of stack frames are skipped
when computing the line number and function name set in the :class:`LogRecord`
created for the logging event. This can be used in logging helpers so that
the function name, filename and line number recorded are not the information
for the helper function/method, but rather its caller. The name of this
parameter mirrors the equivalent one in the :mod:`warnings` module.
The fourth keyword argument is *extra* which can be used to pass a
dictionary which is used to populate the :attr:`~object.__dict__` of the
:class:`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)s %(clientip)-15s %(user)-8s %(message)s'
logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT)
d = {'clientip': '192.168.0.1', 'user': 'fbloggs'}
logger = logging.getLogger('tcpserver')
logger.warning('Protocol problem: %s', 'connection reset', extra=d)
would print something like
.. code-block:: none
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 section on :ref:`logrecord-attributes` 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 :class:`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.
If no handler is attached to this logger (or any of its ancestors,
taking into account the relevant :attr:`Logger.propagate` attributes),
the message will be sent to the handler set on :attr:`lastResort`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The *stack_info* parameter was added.
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The *exc_info* parameter can now accept exception instances.
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
The *stacklevel* parameter 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`.
.. note:: There is an obsolete method ``warn`` which is functionally
identical to ``warning``. As ``warn`` is deprecated, please do not use
it - use ``warning`` instead.
.. 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(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with integer level *level* on this logger. The other arguments are
interpreted as for :meth:`debug`.
.. method:: Logger.exception(msg, *args, **kwargs)
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(filter)
Adds the specified filter *filter* to this logger.
.. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filter)
Removes the specified filter *filter* from this logger.
.. method:: Logger.filter(record)
Apply this logger's filters to the record and return ``True`` if the
record is to be processed. The filters are consulted in turn, until one of
them returns a false value. If none of them return a false value, the record
will be processed (passed to handlers). If one returns a false value, no
further processing of the record occurs.
.. 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(stack_info=False, stacklevel=1)
Finds the caller's source filename and line number. Returns the filename, line
number, function name and stack information as a 4-element tuple. The stack
information is returned as ``None`` unless *stack_info* is ``True``.
The *stacklevel* parameter is passed from code calling the :meth:`debug`
and other APIs. If greater than 1, the excess is used to skip stack frames
before determining the values to be returned. This will generally be useful
when calling logging APIs from helper/wrapper code, so that the information
in the event log refers not to the helper/wrapper code, but to the code that
calls it.
.. 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:`~Logger.filter`.
.. method:: Logger.makeRecord(name, level, fn, lno, msg, args, exc_info, func=None, extra=None, sinfo=None)
This is a factory method which can be overridden in subclasses to create
specialized :class:`LogRecord` instances.
.. method:: Logger.hasHandlers()
Checks to see if this logger has any handlers configured. This is done by
looking for handlers in this logger and its parents in the logger hierarchy.
Returns ``True`` if a handler was found, else ``False``. The method stops searching
up the hierarchy whenever a logger with the 'propagate' attribute set to
false is found - that will be the last logger which is checked for the
existence of handlers.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
Loggers can now be pickled and unpickled.
.. _levels:
Logging Levels
--------------
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 | What it means / When to use it |
+=======================+===============+=====================================+
| .. py:data:: NOTSET | 0 | When set on a logger, indicates that|
| | | ancestor loggers are to be consulted|
| | | to determine the effective level. |
| | | If that still resolves to |
| | | :const:`!NOTSET`, then all events |
| | | are logged. When set on a handler, |
| | | all events are handled. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| .. py:data:: DEBUG | 10 | Detailed information, typically only|
| | | of interest to a developer trying to|
| | | diagnose a problem. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| .. py:data:: INFO | 20 | Confirmation that things are working|
| | | as expected. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| .. py:data:: WARNING | 30 | An indication that something |
| | | unexpected happened, or that a |
| | | problem might occur in the near |
| | | future (e.g. 'disk space low'). The |
| | | software is still working as |
| | | expected. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| .. py:data:: ERROR | 40 | Due to a more serious problem, the |
| | | software has not been able to |
| | | perform some function. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| .. py:data:: CRITICAL | 50 | A serious error, indicating that the|
| | | program itself may be unable to |
| | | continue running. |
+-----------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
.. _handler:
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__`.
.. class:: Handler
.. 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(level)
Sets the threshold for this handler to *level*. Logging messages which are
less severe than *level* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the
level is set to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be
processed).
See :ref:`levels` for a list of levels.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The *level* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
level such as 'INFO' as an alternative to the integer constants
such as :const:`INFO`.
.. method:: Handler.setFormatter(fmt)
Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *fmt*.
.. method:: Handler.addFilter(filter)
Adds the specified filter *filter* to this handler.
.. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filter)
Removes the specified filter *filter* from this handler.
.. method:: Handler.filter(record)
Apply this handler's filters to the record and return ``True`` if the
record is to be processed. The filters are consulted in turn, until one of
them returns a false value. If none of them return a false value, the record
will be emitted. If one returns a false value, the handler will not emit the
record.
.. 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 no output but
removes the handler from an internal list of handlers which is closed when
:func:`shutdown` is called. Subclasses should ensure that this gets called
from overridden :meth:`close` methods.
.. 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. If the module-level attribute
:data:`raiseExceptions` is ``False``, 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. (The default value of :data:`raiseExceptions` is ``True``, as that is
more useful during development).
.. 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`.
.. warning:: This method is called after a handler-level lock is acquired, which
is released after this method returns. When you override this method, note
that you should be careful when calling anything that invokes other parts of
the logging API which might do locking, because that might result in a
deadlock. Specifically:
* Logging configuration APIs acquire the module-level lock, and then
individual handler-level locks as those handlers are configured.
* Many logging APIs lock the module-level lock. If such an API is called
from this method, it could cause a deadlock if a configuration call is
made on another thread, because that thread will try to acquire the
module-level lock *before* the handler-level lock, whereas this thread
tries to acquire the module-level lock *after* the handler-level lock
(because in this method, the handler-level lock has already been acquired).
For a list of handlers included as standard, see :mod:`logging.handlers`.
.. _formatter-objects:
Formatter Objects
-----------------
.. currentmodule:: logging
.. class:: Formatter(fmt=None, datefmt=None, style='%', validate=True, *, defaults=None)
Responsible for converting a :class:`LogRecord` to an output string
to be interpreted by a human or external system.
:param fmt: A format string in the given *style* for
the logged output as a whole.
The possible mapping keys are drawn from the :class:`LogRecord` object's
:ref:`logrecord-attributes`.
If not specified, ``'%(message)s'`` is used,
which is just the logged message.
:type fmt: str
:param datefmt: A format string in the given *style* for
the date/time portion of the logged output.
If not specified, the default described in :meth:`formatTime` is used.
:type datefmt: str
:param style: Can be one of ``'%'``, ``'{'`` or ``'$'`` and determines
how the format string will be merged with its data: using one of
:ref:`old-string-formatting` (``%``), :meth:`str.format` (``{``)
or :class:`string.Template` (``$``). This only applies to
*fmt* and *datefmt* (e.g. ``'%(message)s'`` versus ``'{message}'``),
not to the actual log messages passed to the logging methods.
However, there are :ref:`other ways <formatting-styles>`
to use ``{``- and ``$``-formatting for log messages.
:type style: str
:param validate: If ``True`` (the default), incorrect or mismatched
*fmt* and *style* will raise a :exc:`ValueError`; for example,
``logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(message)s', style='{')``.
:type validate: bool
:param defaults: A dictionary with default values to use in custom fields.
For example,
``logging.Formatter('%(ip)s %(message)s', defaults={"ip": None})``
:type defaults: dict[str, Any]
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added the *style* parameter.
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
Added the *validate* parameter.
.. versionchanged:: 3.10
Added the *defaults* parameter.
.. method:: 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. Note
that the formatted exception information is cached in attribute
*exc_text*. This is useful because the exception information can be
pickled and sent across the wire, but you should be careful if you have
more than one :class:`Formatter` subclass which customizes the formatting
of exception information. In this case, you will have to clear the cached
value (by setting the *exc_text* attribute to ``None``) after a formatter
has done its formatting, so that the next formatter to handle the event
doesn't use the cached value, but recalculates it afresh.
If stack information is available, it's appended after the exception
information, using :meth:`formatStack` to transform it if necessary.
.. method:: formatTime(record, datefmt=None)
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 format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,uuu' is used, where the
uuu part is a millisecond value and the other letters are as per the
:func:`time.strftime` documentation. An example time in this format is
``2003-01-23 00:29:50,411``. The resulting string is returned.
This function uses a user-configurable function to convert the creation
time to a tuple. By default, :func:`time.localtime` is used; to change
this for a particular formatter instance, set the ``converter`` attribute
to a function with the same signature as :func:`time.localtime` or
:func:`time.gmtime`. To change it for all formatters, for example if you
want all logging times to be shown in GMT, set the ``converter``
attribute in the ``Formatter`` class.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Previously, the default format was hard-coded as in this example:
``2010-09-06 22:38:15,292`` where the part before the comma is
handled by a strptime format string (``'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'``), and the
part after the comma is a millisecond value. Because strptime does not
have a format placeholder for milliseconds, the millisecond value is
appended using another format string, ``'%s,%03d'`` --- and both of these
format strings have been hardcoded into this method. With the change,
these strings are defined as class-level attributes which can be
overridden at the instance level when desired. The names of the
attributes are ``default_time_format`` (for the strptime format string)
and ``default_msec_format`` (for appending the millisecond value).
.. versionchanged:: 3.9
The ``default_msec_format`` can be ``None``.
.. method:: 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.
.. method:: formatStack(stack_info)
Formats the specified stack information (a string as returned by
:func:`traceback.print_stack`, but with the last newline removed) as a
string. This default implementation just returns the input value.
.. class:: BufferingFormatter(linefmt=None)
A base formatter class suitable for subclassing when you want to format a
number of records. You can pass a :class:`Formatter` instance which you want
to use to format each line (that corresponds to a single record). If not
specified, the default formatter (which just outputs the event message) is
used as the line formatter.
.. method:: formatHeader(records)
Return a header for a list of *records*. The base implementation just
returns the empty string. You will need to override this method if you
want specific behaviour, e.g. to show the count of records, a title or a
separator line.
.. method:: formatFooter(records)
Return a footer for a list of *records*. The base implementation just
returns the empty string. You will need to override this method if you
want specific behaviour, e.g. to show the count of records or a separator
line.
.. method:: format(records)
Return formatted text for a list of *records*. The base implementation
just returns the empty string if there are no records; otherwise, it
returns the concatenation of the header, each record formatted with the
line formatter, and the footer.
.. _filter:
Filter Objects
--------------
``Filters`` can be used by ``Handlers`` and ``Loggers`` 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 *name* is the empty string, allows every event.
.. method:: filter(record)
Is the specified record to be logged? Returns false for no, true for
yes. Filters can either modify log records in-place or return a completely
different record instance which will replace the original
log record in any future processing of the event.
Note that filters attached to handlers are consulted before an event is
emitted by the handler, whereas filters attached to loggers are consulted
whenever an event is logged (using :meth:`debug`, :meth:`info`,
etc.), before sending an event to handlers. This means that events which have
been generated by descendant loggers will not be filtered by a logger's filter
setting, unless the filter has also been applied to those descendant loggers.
You don't actually need to subclass ``Filter``: you can pass any instance
which has a ``filter`` method with the same semantics.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
You don't need to create specialized ``Filter`` classes, or use other
classes with a ``filter`` method: you can use a function (or other
callable) as a filter. The filtering logic will check to see if the filter
object has a ``filter`` attribute: if it does, it's assumed to be a
``Filter`` and its :meth:`~Filter.filter` method is called. Otherwise, it's
assumed to be a callable and called with the record as the single
parameter. The returned value should conform to that returned by
:meth:`~Filter.filter`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.12
You can now return a :class:`LogRecord` instance from filters to replace
the log record rather than modifying it in place. This allows filters attached to
a :class:`Handler` to modify the log record before it is emitted, without
having side effects on other handlers.
Although filters are used primarily to filter records based on more
sophisticated criteria than levels, they get to see every record which is
processed by the handler or logger they're attached to: this can be useful if
you want to do things like counting how many records were processed by a
particular logger or handler, or adding, changing or removing attributes in
the :class:`LogRecord` being processed. Obviously changing the LogRecord needs
to be done with some care, but it does allow the injection of contextual
information into logs (see :ref:`filters-contextual`).
.. _log-record:
LogRecord Objects
-----------------
:class:`LogRecord` instances are created automatically by the :class:`Logger`
every time something is logged, and can be created manually via
:func:`makeLogRecord` (for example, from a pickled event received over the
wire).
.. class:: LogRecord(name, level, pathname, lineno, msg, args, exc_info, func=None, sinfo=None)
Contains all the information pertinent to the event being logged.
The primary information is passed in *msg* and *args*,
which are combined using ``msg % args`` to create
the :attr:`!message` attribute of the record.
:param name: The name of the logger used to log the event
represented by this :class:`!LogRecord`.
Note that the logger name in the :class:`!LogRecord`
will always have this value,
even though it may be emitted by a handler
attached to a different (ancestor) logger.
:type name: str
:param level: The :ref:`numeric level <levels>` of the logging event
(such as ``10`` for ``DEBUG``, ``20`` for ``INFO``, etc).
Note that this is converted to *two* attributes of the LogRecord:
:attr:`!levelno` for the numeric value
and :attr:`!levelname` for the corresponding level name.
:type level: int
:param pathname: The full string path of the source file
where the logging call was made.
:type pathname: str
:param lineno: The line number in the source file
where the logging call was made.
:type lineno: int
:param msg: The event description message,
which can be a %-format string with placeholders for variable data,
or an arbitrary object (see :ref:`arbitrary-object-messages`).
:type msg: typing.Any
:param args: Variable data to merge into the *msg* argument
to obtain the event description.
:type args: tuple | dict[str, typing.Any]
:param exc_info: An exception tuple with the current exception information,
as returned by :func:`sys.exc_info`,
or ``None`` if no exception information is available.
:type exc_info: tuple[type[BaseException], BaseException, types.TracebackType] | None
:param func: The name of the function or method
from which the logging call was invoked.
:type func: str | None
:param sinfo: A text string representing stack information
from the base of the stack in the current thread,
up to the logging call.
:type sinfo: str | None
.. method:: getMessage()
Returns the message for this :class:`LogRecord` instance after merging any
user-supplied arguments with the message. If the user-supplied message
argument to the logging call is not a string, :func:`str` is called on it to
convert it to a string. This allows use of user-defined classes as
messages, whose ``__str__`` method can return the actual format string to
be used.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The creation of a :class:`LogRecord` has been made more configurable by
providing a factory which is used to create the record. The factory can be
set using :func:`getLogRecordFactory` and :func:`setLogRecordFactory`
(see this for the factory's signature).
This functionality can be used to inject your own values into a
:class:`LogRecord` at creation time. You can use the following pattern::
old_factory = logging.getLogRecordFactory()
def record_factory(*args, **kwargs):
record = old_factory(*args, **kwargs)
record.custom_attribute = 0xdecafbad
return record
logging.setLogRecordFactory(record_factory)
With this pattern, multiple factories could be chained, and as long
as they don't overwrite each other's attributes or unintentionally
overwrite the standard attributes listed above, there should be no
surprises.
.. _logrecord-attributes:
LogRecord attributes
--------------------
The LogRecord has a number of attributes, most of which are derived from the
parameters to the constructor. (Note that the names do not always correspond
exactly between the LogRecord constructor parameters and the LogRecord
attributes.) These attributes can be used to merge data from the record into
the format string. The following table lists (in alphabetical order) the
attribute names, their meanings and the corresponding placeholder in a %-style
format string.
If you are using {}-formatting (:func:`str.format`), you can use
``{attrname}`` as the placeholder in the format string. If you are using
$-formatting (:class:`string.Template`), use the form ``${attrname}``. In
both cases, of course, replace ``attrname`` with the actual attribute name
you want to use.
In the case of {}-formatting, you can specify formatting flags by placing them
after the attribute name, separated from it with a colon. For example: a
placeholder of ``{msecs:03.0f}`` would format a millisecond value of ``4`` as
``004``. Refer to the :meth:`str.format` documentation for full details on
the options available to you.
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Attribute name | Format | Description |
+================+=========================+===============================================+
| args | You shouldn't need to | The tuple of arguments merged into ``msg`` to |
| | format this yourself. | produce ``message``, or a dict whose values |
| | | are used for the merge (when there is only one|
| | | argument, and it is a dictionary). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| asctime | ``%(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). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| created | ``%(created)f`` | Time when the :class:`LogRecord` was created |
| | | (as returned by :func:`time.time_ns` / 1e9). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| exc_info | You shouldn't need to | Exception tuple (à la ``sys.exc_info``) or, |
| | format this yourself. | if no exception has occurred, ``None``. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| filename | ``%(filename)s`` | Filename portion of ``pathname``. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| funcName | ``%(funcName)s`` | Name of function containing the logging call. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| levelname | ``%(levelname)s`` | Text logging level for the message |
| | | (``'DEBUG'``, ``'INFO'``, ``'WARNING'``, |
| | | ``'ERROR'``, ``'CRITICAL'``). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| levelno | ``%(levelno)s`` | Numeric logging level for the message |
| | | (:const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, |
| | | :const:`WARNING`, :const:`ERROR`, |
| | | :const:`CRITICAL`). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| lineno | ``%(lineno)d`` | Source line number where the logging call was |
| | | issued (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| message | ``%(message)s`` | The logged message, computed as ``msg % |
| | | args``. This is set when |
| | | :meth:`Formatter.format` is invoked. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| module | ``%(module)s`` | Module (name portion of ``filename``). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| msecs | ``%(msecs)d`` | Millisecond portion of the time when the |
| | | :class:`LogRecord` was created. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| msg | You shouldn't need to | The format string passed in the original |
| | format this yourself. | logging call. Merged with ``args`` to |
| | | produce ``message``, or an arbitrary object |
| | | (see :ref:`arbitrary-object-messages`). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| name | ``%(name)s`` | Name of the logger used to log the call. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| pathname | ``%(pathname)s`` | Full pathname of the source file where the |
| | | logging call was issued (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| process | ``%(process)d`` | Process ID (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| processName | ``%(processName)s`` | Process name (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| relativeCreated| ``%(relativeCreated)d`` | Time in milliseconds when the LogRecord was |
| | | created, relative to the time the logging |
| | | module was loaded. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| stack_info | You shouldn't need to | Stack frame information (where available) |
| | format this yourself. | from the bottom of the stack in the current |
| | | thread, up to and including the stack frame |
| | | of the logging call which resulted in the |
| | | creation of this record. |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| thread | ``%(thread)d`` | Thread ID (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| threadName | ``%(threadName)s`` | Thread name (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| taskName | ``%(taskName)s`` | :class:`asyncio.Task` name (if available). |
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
.. versionchanged:: 3.1
*processName* was added.
.. versionchanged:: 3.12
*taskName* was added.
.. _logger-adapter:
LoggerAdapter Objects
---------------------
:class:`LoggerAdapter` instances are used to conveniently pass contextual
information into logging calls. For a usage example, see the section on
:ref:`adding contextual information to your logging output <context-info>`.
.. class:: LoggerAdapter(logger, extra, merge_extra=False)
Returns an instance of :class:`LoggerAdapter` initialized with an
underlying :class:`Logger` instance, a dict-like object (*extra*), and a
boolean (*merge_extra*) indicating whether or not the *extra* argument of
individual log calls should be merged with the :class:`LoggerAdapter` extra.
The default behavior is to ignore the *extra* argument of individual log
calls and only use the one of the :class:`LoggerAdapter` instance
.. method:: process(msg, kwargs)
Modifies the message and/or keyword arguments passed to a logging call in
order to insert contextual information. This implementation takes the object
passed as *extra* to the constructor and adds it to *kwargs* using key
'extra'. The return value is a (*msg*, *kwargs*) tuple which has the
(possibly modified) versions of the arguments passed in.
.. attribute:: manager
Delegates to the underlying :attr:`!manager` on *logger*.
.. attribute:: _log
Delegates to the underlying :meth:`!_log` method on *logger*.
In addition to the above, :class:`LoggerAdapter` supports the following
methods of :class:`Logger`: :meth:`~Logger.debug`, :meth:`~Logger.info`,
:meth:`~Logger.warning`, :meth:`~Logger.error`, :meth:`~Logger.exception`,
:meth:`~Logger.critical`, :meth:`~Logger.log`, :meth:`~Logger.isEnabledFor`,
:meth:`~Logger.getEffectiveLevel`, :meth:`~Logger.setLevel` and
:meth:`~Logger.hasHandlers`. These methods have the same signatures as their
counterparts in :class:`Logger`, so you can use the two types of instances
interchangeably.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The :meth:`~Logger.isEnabledFor`, :meth:`~Logger.getEffectiveLevel`,
:meth:`~Logger.setLevel` and :meth:`~Logger.hasHandlers` methods were added
to :class:`LoggerAdapter`. These methods delegate to the underlying logger.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Attribute :attr:`!manager` and method :meth:`!_log` were added, which
delegate to the underlying logger and allow adapters to be nested.
.. versionchanged:: 3.13
The *merge_extra* argument was added.
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.
If you are implementing asynchronous signal handlers using the :mod:`signal`
module, you may not be able to use logging from within such handlers. This is
because lock implementations in the :mod:`threading` module are not always
re-entrant, and so cannot be invoked from such signal handlers.
Module-Level Functions
----------------------
In addition to the classes described above, there are a number of module-level
functions.
.. function:: getLogger(name=None)
Return a logger with the specified name or, if name is ``None``, return 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, though
it is recommended that ``__name__`` be used unless you have a specific
reason for not doing that, as mentioned in :ref:`logger`.
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 customized :class:`Logger` class will
not undo customizations already applied by other code. For example::
class MyLogger(logging.getLoggerClass()):
# ... override behaviour here
.. function:: getLogRecordFactory()
Return a callable which is used to create a :class:`LogRecord`.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
This function has been provided, along with :func:`setLogRecordFactory`,
to allow developers more control over how the :class:`LogRecord`
representing a logging event is constructed.
See :func:`setLogRecordFactory` for more information about the how the
factory is called.
.. function:: debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
This is a convenience function that calls :meth:`Logger.debug`, on the root
logger. The handling of the arguments is in every way identical
to what is described in that method.
The only difference is that if the root logger has no handlers, then
:func:`basicConfig` is called, prior to calling ``debug`` on the root logger.
For very short scripts or quick demonstrations of ``logging`` facilities,
``debug`` and the other module-level functions may be convenient. However,
most programs will want to carefully and explicitly control the logging
configuration, and should therefore prefer creating a module-level logger and
calling :meth:`Logger.debug` (or other level-specific methods) on it, as
described at the beginning of this documentation.
.. function:: info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with level :const:`INFO` on the root logger. The arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: warning(msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with level :const:`WARNING` on the root logger. The arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same as for :func:`debug`.
.. note:: There is an obsolete function ``warn`` which is functionally
identical to ``warning``. As ``warn`` is deprecated, please do not use
it - use ``warning`` instead.
.. function:: error(msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on the root logger. The arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: critical(msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with level :const:`CRITICAL` on the root logger. The arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: exception(msg, *args, **kwargs)
Logs a message with level :const:`ERROR` on the root logger. The arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same 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 arguments and behavior
are otherwise the same as for :func:`debug`.
.. function:: disable(level=CRITICAL)
Provides an overriding level *level* 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. Its
effect is to disable all logging calls of severity *level* and below, so that
if you call it with a value of INFO, then all INFO and DEBUG events would be
discarded, whereas those of severity WARNING and above would be processed
according to the logger's effective level. If
``logging.disable(logging.NOTSET)`` is called, it effectively removes this
overriding level, so that logging output again depends on the effective
levels of individual loggers.
Note that if you have defined any custom logging level higher than
``CRITICAL`` (this is not recommended), you won't be able to rely on the
default value for the *level* parameter, but will have to explicitly supply a
suitable value.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
The *level* parameter was defaulted to level ``CRITICAL``. See
:issue:`28524` for more information about this change.
.. function:: addLevelName(level, levelName)
Associates level *level* 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.
.. note:: If you are thinking of defining your own levels, please see the
section on :ref:`custom-levels`.
.. function:: getLevelNamesMapping()
Returns a mapping from level names to their corresponding logging levels. For example, the
string "CRITICAL" maps to :const:`CRITICAL`. The returned mapping is copied from an internal
mapping on each call to this function.
.. versionadded:: 3.11
.. function:: getLevelName(level)
Returns the textual or numeric representation of logging level *level*.
If *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 *level* is
returned. If a numeric value corresponding to one of the defined levels is
passed in, the corresponding string representation is returned.
The *level* parameter also accepts a string representation of the level such
as 'INFO'. In such cases, this functions returns the corresponding numeric
value of the level.
If no matching numeric or string value is passed in, the string
'Level %s' % level is returned.
.. note:: Levels are internally integers (as they need to be compared in the
logging logic). This function is used to convert between an integer level
and the level name displayed in the formatted log output by means of the
``%(levelname)s`` format specifier (see :ref:`logrecord-attributes`), and
vice versa.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
In Python versions earlier than 3.4, this function could also be passed a
text level, and would return the corresponding numeric value of the level.
This undocumented behaviour was considered a mistake, and was removed in
Python 3.4, but reinstated in 3.4.2 due to retain backward compatibility.
.. function:: getHandlerByName(name)
Returns a handler with the specified *name*, or ``None`` if there is no handler
with that name.
.. versionadded:: 3.12
.. function:: getHandlerNames()
Returns an immutable set of all known handler names.
.. versionadded:: 3.12
.. 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.
This function does nothing if the root logger already has handlers
configured, unless the keyword argument *force* is set to ``True``.
.. note:: This function should be called from the main thread
before other threads are started. In versions of Python prior to
2.7.1 and 3.2, if this function is called from multiple threads,
it is possible (in rare circumstances) that a handler will be added
to the root logger more than once, leading to unexpected results
such as messages being duplicated in the log.
The following keyword arguments are supported.
.. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Format | Description |
+==============+=============================================+
| *filename* | Specifies that a :class:`FileHandler` be |
| | created, using the specified filename, |
| | rather than a :class:`StreamHandler`. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *filemode* | If *filename* is specified, open the file |
| | in this :ref:`mode <filemodes>`. Defaults |
| | to ``'a'``. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *format* | Use the specified format string for the |
| | handler. Defaults to attributes |
| | ``levelname``, ``name`` and ``message`` |
| | separated by colons. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *datefmt* | Use the specified date/time format, as |
| | accepted by :func:`time.strftime`. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *style* | If *format* is specified, use this style |
| | for the format string. One of ``'%'``, |
| | ``'{'`` or ``'$'`` for :ref:`printf-style |
| | <old-string-formatting>`, |
| | :meth:`str.format` or |
| | :class:`string.Template` respectively. |
| | Defaults to ``'%'``. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *level* | Set the root logger level to the specified |
| | :ref:`level <levels>`. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *stream* | Use the specified stream to initialize the |
| | :class:`StreamHandler`. Note that this |
| | argument is incompatible with *filename* - |
| | if both are present, a ``ValueError`` is |
| | raised. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *handlers* | If specified, this should be an iterable of |
| | already created handlers to add to the root |
| | logger. Any handlers which don't already |
| | have a formatter set will be assigned the |
| | default formatter created in this function. |
| | Note that this argument is incompatible |
| | with *filename* or *stream* - if both |
| | are present, a ``ValueError`` is raised. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *force* | If this keyword argument is specified as |
| | true, any existing handlers attached to the |
| | root logger are removed and closed, before |
| | carrying out the configuration as specified |
| | by the other arguments. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *encoding* | If this keyword argument is specified along |
| | with *filename*, its value is used when the |
| | :class:`FileHandler` is created, and thus |
| | used when opening the output file. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| *errors* | If this keyword argument is specified along |
| | with *filename*, its value is used when the |
| | :class:`FileHandler` is created, and thus |
| | used when opening the output file. If not |
| | specified, the value 'backslashreplace' is |
| | used. Note that if ``None`` is specified, |
| | it will be passed as such to :func:`open`, |
| | which means that it will be treated the |
| | same as passing 'errors'. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The *style* argument was added.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
The *handlers* argument was added. Additional checks were added to
catch situations where incompatible arguments are specified (e.g.
*handlers* together with *stream* or *filename*, or *stream*
together with *filename*).
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
The *force* argument was added.
.. versionchanged:: 3.9
The *encoding* and *errors* arguments were added.
.. function:: shutdown()
Informs the logging system to perform an orderly shutdown by flushing and
closing all handlers. This should be called at application exit and no
further use of the logging system should be made after this call.
When the logging module is imported, it registers this function as an exit
handler (see :mod:`atexit`), so normally there's no need to do that
manually.
.. 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. After this call, as at any other
time, do not instantiate loggers directly using the subclass: continue to use
the :func:`logging.getLogger` API to get your loggers.
.. function:: setLogRecordFactory(factory)
Set a callable which is used to create a :class:`LogRecord`.
:param factory: The factory callable to be used to instantiate a log record.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
This function has been provided, along with :func:`getLogRecordFactory`, to
allow developers more control over how the :class:`LogRecord` representing
a logging event is constructed.
The factory has the following signature:
``factory(name, level, fn, lno, msg, args, exc_info, func=None, sinfo=None, **kwargs)``
:name: The logger name.
:level: The logging level (numeric).
:fn: The full pathname of the file where the logging call was made.
:lno: The line number in the file where the logging call was made.
:msg: The logging message.
:args: The arguments for the logging message.
:exc_info: An exception tuple, or ``None``.
:func: The name of the function or method which invoked the logging
call.
:sinfo: A stack traceback such as is provided by
:func:`traceback.print_stack`, showing the call hierarchy.
:kwargs: Additional keyword arguments.
Module-Level Attributes
-----------------------
.. attribute:: lastResort
A "handler of last resort" is available through this attribute. This
is a :class:`StreamHandler` writing to ``sys.stderr`` with a level of
``WARNING``, and is used to handle logging events in the absence of any
logging configuration. The end result is to just print the message to
``sys.stderr``. This replaces the earlier error message saying that
"no handlers could be found for logger XYZ". If you need the earlier
behaviour for some reason, ``lastResort`` can be set to ``None``.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. attribute:: raiseExceptions
Used to see if exceptions during handling should be propagated.
Default: ``True``.
If :data:`raiseExceptions` is ``False``,
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.
Integration with the warnings module
------------------------------------
The :func:`captureWarnings` function can be used to integrate :mod:`logging`
with the :mod:`warnings` module.
.. function:: captureWarnings(capture)
This function is used to turn the capture of warnings by logging on and
off.
If *capture* is ``True``, warnings issued by the :mod:`warnings` module will
be redirected to the logging system. Specifically, a warning will be
formatted using :func:`warnings.formatwarning` and the resulting string
logged to a logger named ``'py.warnings'`` with a severity of :const:`WARNING`.
If *capture* is ``False``, the redirection of warnings to the logging system
will stop, and warnings will be redirected to their original destinations
(i.e. those in effect before ``captureWarnings(True)`` was called).
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`logging.config`
Configuration API for the logging module.
Module :mod:`logging.handlers`
Useful handlers included with the logging module.
:pep:`282` - A Logging System
The proposal which described this feature for inclusion in the Python standard
library.
`Original Python logging package <https://old.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.
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