Python logging template

py-logger-template.py

import logging
import logging.config
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
import sys

BASE_DIR = Path()
LOGFILE = BASE_DIR / 'bin' / (datetime.now().strftime("%H-%M") + '.log')

DEFAULT_LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'formatters': {
        'standard': {
            'format': '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s',
            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(message)s',
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'console': {
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'standard',
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'stream': sys.stdout,
        },
        'file': {
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
            'formatter': 'simple',
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'filename': LOGFILE,
            'mode': 'w',
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        __name__: {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
            'propagate': False,
        },
    }
}


def init():
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
    logging.config.dictConfig(DEFAULT_LOGGING)
    log = logging.getLogger(__name__) # name of logger will usually be pyLogger


def close():
    logging.shutdown()