A simple function that analyzes your logging configuration in Django and prints it out in human readable terms so your management can understand the logging policy of your application.

logging_to_human.py

import os


def print_logging_params(logging_dict):
    # Print handlers
    if 'handlers' in logging_dict:
        print('* Handlers:')
        for name, handler in logging_dict['handlers'].items():
            print(f"    * {name.capitalize()} '{name}'")
            if 'class' in handler:
                print(f"        * This is a handler called '{name}', which uses the '{handler['class']}' class.")
            if 'filename' in handler:
                print(f"        * It logs the output to '{os.path.abspath(handler['filename'])}'.")
            if 'maxBytes' in handler:
                print(f"        * It has a Maximum size of {handler['maxBytes']/(1024*1024):.2f}MB.")
            if 'backupCount' in handler:
                print(f"        * It keeps up to {handler['backupCount']} backups.")

    # Print filters
    if 'filters' in logging_dict:
        print('* Filters:')
        for name, filter in logging_dict['filters'].items():
            print(f"    * {name.capitalize()} '{name}'")
            print(f"        * This is a filter called '{name}', which uses the '{filter['()']}' class.")

    # Print formatters
    if 'formatters' in logging_dict:
        print('* Formatters:')
        for name, formatter in logging_dict['formatters'].items():
            print(f"    * {name.capitalize()} '{name}'")
            if 'format' in formatter:
                print(f"        * The format string is '{formatter['format']}'.")

    # Print loggers
    if 'loggers' in logging_dict:
        print('* Loggers:')
        for name, logger in logging_dict['loggers'].items():
            print(f"    * {name.capitalize()} '{name}'")
            if 'handlers' in logger:
                print(f"        * It uses the handlers '{', '.join(logger['handlers'])}'.")
            if 'filters' in logger:
                print(f"        * It uses the filters '{', '.join(logger['filters'])}'.")